Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5317–5320 (1999)

Zero Temperature Phases of the Electron Gas

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G. Ortiz¹, M. Harris², and P. Ballone^3,4
¹Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
²Max-Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
³Institut für Festkörperforschung Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
⁴Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Universitá degli Studi di Messina, Contrada Papardo, C.P. 50, 98166 Messina, Italy

Received 16 September 1998; published in the issue dated 28 June 1999

The stability of different phases of the three-dimensional nonrelativistic electron gas is analyzed using stochastic methods. With decreasing density, we observe a continuous transition from the paramagnetic to the ferromagnetic fluid, with an intermediate stability range ( 20±5≤r_s≤40±5) for the partially spin-polarized liquid. The freezing transition into a ferromagnetic Wigner crystal occurs at r_s = 65±10. We discuss the relative stability of different magnetic structures in the solid phase.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5317

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5317

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71.10.Ca, 05.30.Fk, 75.10.Lp

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