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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 />

short-ranged Jastrow<br />

LDA<br />

0<br />

0 s<br />

z<br />

Figure 8.23: Electron density profile for the bounded slab, with the full short-ranged Jastrow<br />

factor. The LDA density is almost restored, and the energy is lower than when using only u cusp ,<br />

though not as low as that obtained with the full plasmon Jastrow factor.<br />

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