  In many field electron emission experiments on single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWCNTs), the SWCNT stands on one of two well-separated parallel plane plates,
with a macroscopic field FM applied between them. For any given location "L" on
the SWCNT surface, a field enhancement factor (FEF) is defined as
$F_{\rm{L}}$/$F_{\rm{M}}$, where $F_{\rm{L}}$ is a local field defined at "L".
The best emission measurements from small-radii capped SWCNTs exhibit
characteristic FEFs that are constant (i.e., independent of $F_{\rm{M}}$). This
paper discusses how to retrieve this result in quantum-mechanical (as opposed
to classical electrostatic) calculations. Density functional theory (DFT) is
used to analyze the properties of two short, floating SWCNTS, capped at both
ends, namely a (6,6) and a (10,0) structure. Both have effectively the same
height ($\sim 5.46$ nm) and radius ($\sim 0.42$ nm). It is found that apex
values of local induced FEF are similar for the two SWCNTs, are independent of
$F_{\rm{M}}$, and are similar to FEF-values found from classical conductor
models. It is suggested that these induced-FEF values relate to the SWCNT
longitudinal system polarizabilities, which are presumed similar. The DFT
calculations also generate "real", as opposed to ``induced", potential-energy
(PE) barriers for the two SWCNTs, for FM-values from 3 V/$\mu$m to 2 V/nm. PE
profiles along the SWCNT axis and along a parallel ``observation line" through
one of the topmost atoms are similar. At low macroscopic fields the details of
barrier shape differ for the two SWCNT types. Even for $F_{\rm{M}}=0$, there
are distinct PE structures present at the emitter apex (different for the two
SWCNTs); this suggests the presence of structure-specific chemically induced
charge transfers and related patch-field distributions.
