Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of the surface energy of an electron gas

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Wood, B ^a   Hine, N D M ^a   Foulkes, W M C ^a   Garcia Gonzalez P ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 34447122608     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.035403     Document Type: Article

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