Quantum Monte Carlo study of a positron in an electron gas

Drummond, Neil and Lopez Rios, P. and Needs, R. J. and Pickard, C. J. (2011) Quantum Monte Carlo study of a positron in an electron gas. Physical review letters, 107 (20): 207402. ISSN 1079-7114

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Abstract

Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of the relaxation energy, pair-correlation function, and annihilating-pair momentum density are presented for a positron immersed in a homogeneous electron gas. We find smaller relaxation energies and contact pair-correlation functions in the important low-density regime than predicted by earlier studies. Our annihilating-pair momentum densities have almost zero weight above the Fermi momentum due to the cancellation of electron-electron and electron-positron correlation effects.

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Journal Article
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Physical review letters
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© 2011 American Physical Society
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23 Jan 2012 09:58
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