Spin-orbit effects in the bismuth atom and dimer: Tight-binding and density functional theory comparison

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Oliveira, Micael J T ^a,b   Gonze, Xavier ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF)   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH ATOM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; FULL-POTENTIAL LINEARIZED AUGMENTED PLANE WAVES; MOLECULAR BONDS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; SPIN-ORBIT EFFECTS; TIGHT BINDING; TIGHT BINDING MODEL;

CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

DIMERS;

EID: 84876906780     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/46/9/095101     Document Type: Article

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