Within the random-phase approximation (RPA) or ring sum, the ground-state correlation energy for a uniform gas of charged particles with density parameter ${\mathit{r}}_{\mathit{s}}$ tends as ${\mathit{r}}_{\mathit{s}}$→∞ to (-0.803 Ry) ${\mathit{r}}_{\mathit{s}}^{\mathrm{-}3/4}$. This limit holds for fermions, as for bosons and distinguishable particles. For electrons, the next term in the low-density expansion (of order ${\mathit{r}}_{\mathit{s}}^{\mathrm{-}1}$) cancels the exchange energy. Corrections to RPA must cancel the ${\mathit{r}}_{\mathit{s}}^{\mathrm{-}3/4}$ term, and can modify the ${\mathit{r}}_{\mathit{s}}^{\mathrm{-}1}$ term.

• Received 3 August 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.46.12748