Kerker G.P.
Presents the results of a self-consistent pseudopotential band-structure calculation for silicon using a nonlocal-density approximation for the exchange and correlation potential. The valence bands are very close to the corresponding local-density results; however, the conduction bands are shifted to higher energies with respect to the valence-band edge. Thus the agreement with experiment is substantially improved. In particular, the indirect band gap is reproduced.
Physical Review B, 24 3468-73, 1981.
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