Study of the properties of the electron structure of the superconducting Nb3Ga

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In this paper the band structure, density of state and charge density of Nb3Ga in cubic phase has been studied. The calculations have been performed using PWscf method in the framework of density functional theory by Espresso package. The results are in good agreement with other results.

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