THEORY OF IDEAL METALS

被引:76
作者
SHORE, HB [1 ]
ROSE, JH [1 ]
机构
[1] IOWA STATE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL, AMES LAB, AMES, IA 50011 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.2519
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
An improved electron-gas model is proposed; it predicts the trends in the chemical potentials, cohesive energies, surface energies, and work functions of the simple metals. The uniform electron gas is altered so that it is in mechanical equilibrium at the electron density characteristic of a given metal. This leads to a new rule for splitting the constant background charge when jellium is cleaved. The trends in the energetics of metals result.
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页码:2519 / 2522
页数:4
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