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  \textbf{\textsf{Efficient electronic structure methods\medskip\\ applied to metal
    nanoparticles\\}}
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   %\textbf{Electronic structure and chemical properties of metal
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  \textbf{\textsf{\large Ask Hjorth Larsen}}\\
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  \textbf{%
  Center for Atomic-scale Materials Design\\
  Department of Physics\\
  Technical University of Denmark  }
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%Front cover: 50-atom gold cluster obtained by simulated annealing with
%density functional theory.

%\noindent {Front cover: A visualization of the distribution of
%  electronic energy levels of gold clusters as a function of number of
%  atoms ($x$ axis which goes from 6 to 150) and energy ($y$ axis).
%  The line is the energy level such that all states with lower energy
%  are filled.  See also Figure \ref{fig:fig:jun22dos}.  The 20-atom
%  gold cluster, a tetrahedron, is displayed below.}

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