TY - JOUR KW - paper AU - Olivia Pulci AU - Maurizia Palummo AU - Olevano V AU - G Onida AU - Lucia Reining AU - Rodolfo Del Sole AB - We present an ab-initio study of GaP bulk as a test case to show the importance of going beyond the single particle Density Functional Theory (DFT) scheme in the calculation of excited state properties. The inclusion of many-body effects within the GW approach for the determination of electronic gaps, and of excitonic effects in the calculations of the dielectric function, is discussed. Comparison with one-particle DFT results and with experimental data are presented. BT - Phys. Stat. Sol. A CY - PO BOX 10 11 61, D-69451 WEINHEIM, GERMANY DA - DEC 16 M1 - 4 N1 - WE-Heraeus-Seminar: Optical Spectroscopy at Interfaces (OSI-2001), BAD HONNEF, GERMANY, MAY 20-23, 2001 N2 - We present an ab-initio study of GaP bulk as a test case to show the importance of going beyond the single particle Density Functional Theory (DFT) scheme in the calculation of excited state properties. The inclusion of many-body effects within the GW approach for the determination of electronic gaps, and of excitonic effects in the calculations of the dielectric function, is discussed. Comparison with one-particle DFT results and with experimental data are presented. PB - WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH PP - PO BOX 10 11 61, D-69451 WEINHEIM, GERMANY PY - 2001 SP - 1261 EP - 1266 T2 - Phys. Stat. Sol. A TI - Many-body effects on the electronic and optical properties of bulk GaP VL - 188 ER -