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TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlation energy of the spin-polarized electron liquid studied using quantum Monte Carlo simulations
AU - Azadi, Sam
AU - Drummond, Neil
AU - Vinko, S. M.
PY - 2023/9/15
Y1 - 2023/9/15
N2 - Variational and diffusion quantum Monte Carlo (VMC and DMC) methods with Slater-Jastrow-backflow trial wave functions are used to study the spin-polarized three-dimensional uniform electron fluid. We report ground state VMC and DMC energies in the density range 0.5≤rs≤20. Finite-size errors are corrected using canonical-ensemble twist-averaged boundary conditions and extrapolation of the twist-averaged energy per particle calculated at three system sizes (N=113, 259, and 387) to the thermodynamic limit of infinite system size. The DMC energies in the thermodynamic limit are used to parametrize a local spin density approximation correlation function for inhomogeneous electron systems.
AB - Variational and diffusion quantum Monte Carlo (VMC and DMC) methods with Slater-Jastrow-backflow trial wave functions are used to study the spin-polarized three-dimensional uniform electron fluid. We report ground state VMC and DMC energies in the density range 0.5≤rs≤20. Finite-size errors are corrected using canonical-ensemble twist-averaged boundary conditions and extrapolation of the twist-averaged energy per particle calculated at three system sizes (N=113, 259, and 387) to the thermodynamic limit of infinite system size. The DMC energies in the thermodynamic limit are used to parametrize a local spin density approximation correlation function for inhomogeneous electron systems.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.115134
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.115134
M3 - Journal article
VL - 108
JO - Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
SN - 1098-0121
IS - 11
M1 - 115134
ER -