Quantum Monte Carlo study of the three-dimensional spin-polarized homogeneous electron gas

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Spink, G G ^a   Needs, R J ^a   Drummond, N D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84884525302     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.085121     Document Type: Article

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