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My PhD thesis - Condensed Matter Theory - Imperial College London

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CHAPTER 8. APPLYING THE PLASMON NORMAL MODE THEORY TO<br />

SLAB SYSTEMS<br />

0.08<br />

0.06<br />

n(z)<br />

0.04<br />

0.02<br />

full plasmon Jastrow<br />

LDA<br />

0<br />

0 s<br />

z<br />

Figure 8.22: Electron density profile for the bounded slab, with the full plasmon Jastrow factor.<br />

The density is very close to the LDA form, and the energy is lower than when using only the<br />

short-ranged Jastrow.<br />

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