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Diffusion quantum Monte Carlo and GW study of the electronic properties of monolayer and bulk hexagonal boron nitride

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Diffusion quantum Monte Carlo and GW study of the electronic properties of monolayer and bulk hexagonal boron nitride. / Hunt, Ryan James; Monserrat, Bartomeu; Zolyomi, Viktor et al.
In: Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 101, No. 20, 205115, 22.05.2020.

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Hunt, RJ, Monserrat, B, Zolyomi, V & Drummond, N 2020, 'Diffusion quantum Monte Carlo and GW study of the electronic properties of monolayer and bulk hexagonal boron nitride', Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, vol. 101, no. 20, 205115. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.205115

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Hunt, R. J., Monserrat, B., Zolyomi, V., & Drummond, N. (2020). Diffusion quantum Monte Carlo and GW study of the electronic properties of monolayer and bulk hexagonal boron nitride. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 101(20), Article 205115. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.205115

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Hunt RJ, Monserrat B, Zolyomi V, Drummond N. Diffusion quantum Monte Carlo and GW study of the electronic properties of monolayer and bulk hexagonal boron nitride. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 2020 May 22;101(20):205115. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.205115

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Hunt, Ryan James ; Monserrat, Bartomeu ; Zolyomi, Viktor et al. / Diffusion quantum Monte Carlo and GW study of the electronic properties of monolayer and bulk hexagonal boron nitride. In: Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 2020 ; Vol. 101, No. 20.

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abstract = "We report diffusion quantum Monte Carlo (DMC) and many-body GW calculations of the electronic band gaps of monolayer and bulk hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). We find the monolayer band gap to be indirect. GW predicts much smaller quasiparticle gaps at both the single-shot G0W0 and the partially self-consistent GW0 levels. In contrast, solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation on top of the GW0 calculation yields an exciton binding energy for the direct exciton at the K point in close agreement with the DMC value. Vibrational renormalization of the electronic band gap is found to be significant in both the monolayer and the bulk. Taking vibrational effects into account, DMC overestimates the band gap of bulk hBN, while GW theory underestimates it.",
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