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Title: Ab initio quantum Monte Carlo simulation of the warm dense electron gas

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
  2. Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
  3. Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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USDOE
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1348276
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AC52-06NA25396
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Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Volume: 24 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Dornheim, Tobias, Groth, Simon, Malone, Fionn D., Schoof, Tim, Sjostrom, Travis, Foulkes, W. M. C., and Bonitz, Michael. Ab initio quantum Monte Carlo simulation of the warm dense electron gas. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4977920.
Dornheim, Tobias, Groth, Simon, Malone, Fionn D., Schoof, Tim, Sjostrom, Travis, Foulkes, W. M. C., & Bonitz, Michael. Ab initio quantum Monte Carlo simulation of the warm dense electron gas. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4977920
Dornheim, Tobias, Groth, Simon, Malone, Fionn D., Schoof, Tim, Sjostrom, Travis, Foulkes, W. M. C., and Bonitz, Michael. Mon . "Ab initio quantum Monte Carlo simulation of the warm dense electron gas". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4977920.
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