Correlation energy and spin susceptibility of a two-valley two-dimensional electron gas

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Marchi, M ^a,b   De Palo, S ^a,c   Moroni, S ^a,b   Senatore, Gaetano ^a,c  

^a DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

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EID: 68949108700     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.035103     Document Type: Article

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