Gradient expansion of the exchange-energy density functional: Effect of taking limits in the wrong order

1988 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 4634-4636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Kleinman ◽  
Seongbok Lee
1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 460-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Tschinke ◽  
Tom Ziegler

We have compared, for atomic systems, the spherically averaged Fermi-hole correlation function [Formula: see text] in the Hartree–Fock theory with the corresponding function [Formula: see text] employed in local density functional theory. It is shown that, in contrast to [Formula: see text], the function [Formula: see text] behaves qualitatively incorrectly at positions r1 of the reference electron far from the nucleus. Furthermore, we have shown that the qualitatively incorrect behaviour of [Formula: see text] can be remedied by an approximate expansion of [Formula: see text] in powers of s, where s is the inter-electronic distance. However, such an expansion must be conducted in two regions due to the discontinuity of [Formula: see text] as a function of s at the atomic nucleus. Based on the two-region expansion of [Formula: see text] we have developed an alternative approximate density functional expansion [Formula: see text] for the spherically averaged Fermi-hole correlation function. The corresponding exchange energy density functional yields values for the exchange energies of atoms in good agreement with Hartree–Fock results. Keywords: atomic exchange energy, density functional theory, Fermi hole.


1992 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongxiang Zhou ◽  
P. K. Chattaraj ◽  
Robert G. Parr ◽  
Chengteh Lee

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