Frequency-dependent polarizabilities of diatomic molecules: Density functional theory and ab initio methods compared with quantum-defect Green function technique

2018 ◽  
Vol 711 ◽  
pp. 42-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksei S. Kornev ◽  
Kirill I. Suvorov ◽  
Vladislav E. Chernov ◽  
Boris A. Zon
2019 ◽  
Vol 127 (11) ◽  
pp. 736
Author(s):  
А.С. Корнев ◽  
К.И. Суворов ◽  
В.Е. Чернов ◽  
И.В. Копытин ◽  
Б.А. Зон

The quantum defect theory is used to test the accuracy of ab initio methods and density functional theory (DFT) in calculating the frequency-dependent polarizabilities of diatomic molecules. We confine ourselves to testing only those variants of these methods that are most accurate for calculating static polarizabilities. The test results show that one of the main errors of the ab initio and DFT methods is associated with inaccuracies in determining the energies of excited states, where frequency-dependent polarizabilities have resonance maxima.


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