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Pairing, gap equations, and instabilities

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The connections between the concepts of pairing — determined variationally by a gap equation — and instabilities in the restricted Hartree-Fock scheme are examined within a unified scheme. The special cases alternant molecular orbitals and charge density waves are discussed separately.

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Jean Marie André Jean-Luc Bredas Joseph Delhalle Janos Ladik Georges Leroy Carl Moser

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Calais, JL. (1980). Pairing, gap equations, and instabilities. In: André, J.M., Bredas, JL., Delhalle, J., Ladik, J., Leroy, G., Moser, C. (eds) Recent Advances in the Quantum Theory of Polymers. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 113. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3540097317_81

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