Theory of the Inhomogeneous Electron Gas

Author:   Stig Lundqvist ,  Norman H. March
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
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9781489904171


Pages:   396
Publication Date:   26 June 2013
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The theory of the inhomogeneous electron gas had its origin in the Thomas­ Fermi statistical theory, which is discussed in the first chapter of this book. This already leads to significant physical results for the binding energies of atomic ions, though because it leaves out shell structure the results of such a theory cannot reflect the richness of the Periodic Table. Therefore, for a long time, the earlier method proposed by Hartree, in which each electron is assigned its own personal wave function and energy, dominated atomic theory. The extension of the Hartree theory by Fock, to include exchange, had its parallel in the density description when Dirac showed how to incorporate exchange in the Thomas-Fermi theory. Considerably later, in 1951, Slater, in an important paper, showed how a result similar to but not identical with that of Dirac followed as a simplification of the Hartree-Fock method. It was Gombas and other workers who recognized that one could also incorporate electron correlation consistently into the Thomas-Fermi-Dirac theory by using uniform electron gas relations locally, and progress had been made along all these avenues by the 1950s.

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Author:   Stig Lundqvist ,  Norman H. March
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.629kg
ISBN:  

9781489904171


ISBN 10:   1489904174
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   26 June 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Origins—The Thomas-Fermi Theory.- 2. General Density Functional Theory.- 3. Density Oscillations in Nonuniform Systems.- 4. Applications of Density Functional Theory to Atoms, Molecules, and Solids.- 5. Density Functional Approach to the Electronic Structure of Metal Surfaces and Metal-Adsorbate Systems.

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