Leading‐order behavior of the correlation energy in the uniform electron gas |
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| Authors: | Pierre‐François Loos Peter M W Gill |
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| Institution: | Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia |
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| Abstract: | We show that, in the high‐density limit, restricted Møller‐Plesset (RMP) perturbation theory yields E = π?2(1 ? ln 2) ln rs + O(r ) for the correlation energy per electron in the uniform electron gas, where rs is the Seitz radius. This contradicts an earlier derivation which yielded E = O(ln|ln rs|). The reason for the discrepancy is explained. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2012 |
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| Keywords: | jellium uniform electron gas Hartree‐Fock perturbation theory |
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