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arXiv:cond-mat/9808203

Robustness of a Local Fermi Liquid against Ferromagnetism and Phase Separation II

K. S. Bedell, Jan-At Engelbrecht, Krastan B. Blagoev

Published Aug 18, 1998• 0 citations
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Abstract

This is a response to a recent paper by van Dongen, Uhrig, and E. Müller-Hartmann. We clarify the issues, which the above authors apparently did not fully appreciate, by referring to the microscopic foundations of Landau's Fermi Liquid Theory, its general application to the theory of metals and the theory of local Fermi Liquids.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9808203

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