Time-dependent Hartree-Fock dielectric function for the uniform electron gas

1980 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 2737-2743 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. E. Brener ◽  
J. L. Fry
1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 1720-1726 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. E. Brener ◽  
J. L. Fry

Author(s):  
A. V. Andrade-Neto

The interaction between light and metals or heavily doped semiconductors is largely determined by their free conduction electrons. The frequency and wave vector dependent complex dielectric function is an essential ingredient of the description of its optical and transport properties. The aim of this paper is to give a didactic introduction how the conduction electrons in solids responds to an external time dependent electric field and to make a comparison between Drude and Lindhard dielectric function models for the electron gas. In within framework of Lindhard model we derived an expression for dielectric function that is similar to the familiar Drudes's formula. In particular, the differences and similarities between the complex conductivity obtained from the two models are analyzed.


The energy of a uniform electron gas can be specified completely in terms of its second-order density matrix. Mayer has therefore suggested that trial matrices satisfying all the usual conditions might be employed to determine variationally correlation energies and pair functions. Unfortunately, the particular choice made by Mayer did not satisfy all the Pauli conditions on the second-order matrix. However, matrices satisfactory from this point of view are presented here and the consequences of assuming such forms are investigated. Since one of the matrices is a direct generalization of the Hartree—Fock expression, a description of correlation effects is assured and it appears that this should be adequate for all densities.


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