Cohesive Force of Metals
- 15 September 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 185 (3), 983-984
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.185.983
Abstract
If the Hellmann-Feynman theorem is applied to metals, using present-day Bloch-type functions, one finds a self-repulsion of the structure. A substantial concentration of electrons along the bonding directions is required if the self-repulsion is to be zero.Keywords
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