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Examination Of 4he Droplets And Droplets Containing Impurities At Zero Kelvin Using A Density Functional Approach, Ellen Brown
Examination Of 4he Droplets And Droplets Containing Impurities At Zero Kelvin Using A Density Functional Approach, Ellen Brown
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Abstract
Detailed in this manuscript is a methodology to model ground state properties of 4He droplets at zero pressure and zero Kelvin using a density functional theory of liquid helium. The density functional approach examined here consists of two noted functionals from the literature and corresponding mean field definitions. A mean field and trial density are defined for each system and optimized to self-consistency using a matrix diagonalization technique. Initial calculations of planar slabs are performed and demonstrate reasonable agreement with experiment and with prior studies using density functional theory. Quantum properties of droplets and droplets containing atomic dopants …