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The second moment of the sublevels within the initial state | \alpha SLJ > which constitutes a natural and adequate measure of the crystal-field (CF) effect can be redefined as sigma^{2}=1/(2J+1)\sum_{k} S_{k}^{2} A_{k}^{2}, where…
We develop an effective surface theory for the surface states of a Weyl semimetal. This theory includes the peculiar Fermi arc states on the surface as well as leakage of the states from the surface to the bulk. Subjecting the model to a…
Due to the large value of the scattering length in nuclear systems, standard density--functional theories based on effective interactions usually fail to reproduce the nuclear Fermi liquid behavior both at very low densities and close to…
The work functions of (001) and (00 -1) surfaces of {\alpha}-Fe_{2}O_{3} are investigated with density functional theory and symmetry slab model. These two surfaces are found to be almost nonpolarized and their work functions are 6.10 eV…
The effective mass at the Fermi level is measured in the strongly interacting two-dimensional (2D) electron system in ultra-clean SiGe/Si/SiGe quantum wells in the low-temperature limit in tilted magnetic fields. At low electron densities,…
We report on an unconventional $macroscopic$ field effect transistor composed of electrons floating above the surface of superfluid helium. With this device unique transport regimes are realized in which the charge density of the electron…
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A theory of equilibrium states of electrons above a liquid helium surface in the presence of an external clamping field is built based on the first principles of quantum statistics for the system of many identical Fermi-particles. The…
We study the dipole layer formed at metal-organic interfaces by means of first-principles calculations. Interface dipoles are monitored by calculating the work function change of Au, Ag, Al, Mg and Ca surfaces upon adsorption of a monolayer…
In the exact Kohn-Sham density-functional theory (DFT), the total energy versus the number of electrons is a series of linear segments between integer points. However, commonly used approximate density functionals produce total energies…
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The classical theorems of Mittag-Leffler and Weierstrass show that when $\{\lambda_n\}$ is a sequence of distinct points in the open unit disk $\D$, with no accumulation points in $\D$, and $\{w_n\}$ is any sequence of complex numbers,…
Although real materials are finite in size, electronic structure theory is built on the assumption of infinitely large solid, which led to a longstanding controversy: where is the vacuum level? Here, we introduce an analytic real-space…
In order to achieve quantum interference of free electrons inside a solid, we have modified the geometry of the solid so that de Broglie waves interfere destructively inside the solid. Quantum interference of de Broglie waves leads to a…