Abstract
The chemical potential μ, as it appears in density functional theory, is examined extensively for harmonically interacting spin‐½ fermions in three dimensions. For this system the energy and chemical potential are discontinuous functions of the particle number if the most straightforward equation is used to define the energy for a noninteger particle number.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 185-194 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | International Journal of Quantum Chemistry |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1983 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry