 Dimensionless Wigner-Seitz radius (source code)

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= Dimensionless Wigner-Seitz radius
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Write $(3/(4\pi n))^{1/3}=r_sa_B^*$, where $a_B^*=4\pi\varepsilon\hbar^2/(m^*e^2)$. Here $r_s$ is dimensionless, unlike a <Wigner-Seitz radius> measured as a length. Electron-gas <energy> formulas quoted in effective atomic units commonly use this convention.

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