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Exact functional derivative of the nonadditive kinetic-energy bifunctional in the long-distance limit

Christoph R Jacob1, S Maya Beyhan, Lucas Visscher

  • 1Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. jacob@few.vu.nl

The Journal of Chemical Physics
|June 30, 2007
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