Dielectric formulation of strongly coupled electron liquids at metallic densities. II. Exchange effects and static properties

Static and thermodynamic properties of strongly coupled electron liquids at metallic densities are investigated on the basis of the general dielectric formulation developed in previous work. The contribution of exchange effects to the local field correction is singled out, and the remaining Coulomb contribution is explicitly calculated. The resulting set of self-consistent integral equations is numerically solved over the range of the density parameters, $0<~r_s<~20$. The static structure factor, the radial distribution function, the local field correction, the correlation energy, and the isothermal compressibility are computed and compared with other existing theories.