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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
Electronic excess energy of a composition-modulated alloy system at absolute zero temperature is obtained using Hohenberg and Kohn's formula (for the ground-state energy of an inhomogeneous electron gas) in a modulated positive-background model. Dependence of the electronic excess energy on the modulation wavelength is studied. Two leading terms in the excess energy are examined to elucidate the limitation of this model.