Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 912067, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/912067
Research Article

Supercell Band Calculations and Correlation for High-TC Copper Oxide Superconductors

DPMC, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland

Received 24 June 2009; Accepted 12 August 2009

Academic Editor: Igor Mazin

Copyright © 2010 T. Jarlborg. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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