Analytic theory of correlation energy and spin polarization in the 2D electron gas
Abstract
We present an analytic theory of the pair distribution function and the ground-state energy in a two-dimensional (2D) electron gas with an arbitrary degree of spin polarization. Our approach involves the solution of a zero-energy scattering Schr\"odinger equation with an effective potential which includes a Fermi term from exchange and kinetic energy and a Bose-like term from Jastrow-Feenberg correlations. The form of the latter is assessed from an analysis of data on a 2D gas of charged bosons. We obtain excellent agreement with data from quantum Monte Carlo studies of the 2D electron gas. In particular, our results for the correlation energy show a quantum phase transition occurring at coupling strength from the paramagnetic to the fully spin-polarized fluid.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0405217,
title = {Analytic theory of correlation energy and spin polarization in the 2D electron gas},
author = {R. Asgari and B. Davoudi and M. P. Tosi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0405217},
year = {2009}
}
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9 pages, 4 figures