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Wave Mechanical Treatment of the Fermi Gas

Wilhelm Macke

  • Instituto de Física Teórica, São Paulo, Brazil

Phys. Rev. 100, 992 – Published 15 November, 1955

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.100.992

Abstract

A wave mechanical treatment of a Fermi gas is described using a generalized Ritz method, which gives in a zero approximation the well-known energy terms of Thomas-Fermi, Weizäcker, and Gombás, and which can be refined to any desired degree.

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