Temperature-dependent bandstructure of bulk EuO
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چکیده
We present calculations for the temperature-dependent electronic structure of bulk ferromagnetic EuO based on a parametrization of the d-f model Hamiltonian using results of first-principles TB-LMTO band structure calculations. The presented method avoids the problem of double-counting of relevant interactions and takes into account the symmetry of the atomic orbitals. It enables us to determine the temperature-dependent band structure of EuO over the entire temperature range.
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