VARIATIONAL PATH-INTEGRAL THEORY OF QUANTUM CRYSTALS

被引:17
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作者
LIU, S [1 ]
HORTON, GK [1 ]
COWLEY, ER [1 ]
机构
[1] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,CAMDEN COLL ARTS & SCI,DEPT PHYS,CAMDEN,NJ 08102
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0375-9601(91)90632-I
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present a theory of the thermodynamics of solids which, for the first time, successfully accounts quantitatively for the entire temperature range without perturbation expansion. Quantum effects are absorbed into an effective potential using a variational path-integral method. This potential is used in a classical Monte Carlo calculation.
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页码:79 / 82
页数:4
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