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Screening of a proton in an electron gas

Almbladh, Carl-Olof LU ; von Barth, Ulf LU ; Popovic, Z D and Stott, Malcolm J (1976) In Physical Review B 14(6). p.2250-2254
Abstract
Calculations are reported of the nonlinear screening of a proton in an electron gas of densities corresponding to rs=1-6. Results for charge densities and total energies are presented from self-consistent Kohn-Sham ground-state calculations. The results differ markedly from the case of linear screening, particularly at low densities. The occurrence of a bound state around the proton for rs>1.9 indicates that hydrogen in jellium is in the form of a screened H- ion. It is also found that at metallic densities the induced polarization around the proton is insensitive to rs, and the screening length is almost constant (0.65) for 2<rs<6.
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  author       = {{Almbladh, Carl-Olof and von Barth, Ulf and Popovic, Z D and Stott, Malcolm J}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
  pages        = {{2250--2254}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review B}},
  title        = {{Screening of a proton in an electron gas}},
  volume       = {{14}},
  year         = {{1976}},
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