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Central role of exchange-correlation hole in the 2D metal-insulator

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We show that the metal to insulator transition, whether generated by decreasing the electron density or by increasing the spin alignment, is determined by a universal functional form of the two-electron correlation function g(r). This result provides direct evidence of the central role of the Coulomb repulsion and exchange in driving the metal-insulator transition.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0001435,
  title  = {Central role of exchange-correlation hole in the 2D metal-insulator},
  author = {J. S. Thakur and D. Neilson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0001435},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages in ReVTeX, 2 encapsulated postscript figures