The Correlation Energy of an Electron Gas at High Density

Murray Gell-Mann

ResearchPublished 1956

A discussion of the idealized problem of the ground state energy of a gas of electrons in the presence of a uniform background of positive charge that makes the system neutral. The quantity <> is defined as the correlation energy per particle of an electron gas expressed in Rydbergs. It is a function of the conventional dimensionless parameter r[subscript s], where r[subscript s]** is proportional to the electron density. The method of computation is based on summing the most highly divergent terms of the perturbation series under the integral sign to give a convergent result.

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