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Physical Review A

Dielectric Response Function of Electron Liquids

Setsuo Ichimaru

Published Aug 1, 1970• 78 citations
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Abstract

We calculate the dielectric response function for a strongly correlated electron liquid from a solution of the Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon hierarchy; the present result improves the earlier formulas derived by Hubbard and by Singwi et al.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.2.494

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