Statistical Mechanics of the Uniform Electron Gas

@article{Lewin2018StatisticalMO,
  title={Statistical Mechanics of the Uniform Electron Gas},
  author={Mathieu Lewin and Elliott H. Lieb and Robert Seiringer},
  journal={arXiv: Mathematical Physics},
  year={2018},
  volume={5},
  pages={79-116}
}
Dans cet article nous definissons et etudions le gaz uniforme d’electrons, un systeme comprenant une infinite de particules arrangees de sorte que la densite moyenne soit constante dans tout l’espace. Ceci est en principe different du Jellium, qui comprend une charge uniforme positive sans aucune contrainte sur la densite des electrons. Nous demontrons que le gaz uniforme d’electrons s’obtient en theorie de la fonctionnelle de la densite, dans la limite ou la densite du systeme varie lentement… 
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