scholarly journals Exchange-correlation potentials in density-functional and spin-density-functional theory

1989 ◽  
Vol 39 (14) ◽  
pp. 9947-9958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tai Kai Ng
2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (10) ◽  
pp. 1268-1272 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Perdew ◽  
Espen Sagvolden

The exact exchange-correlation potential of Kohn–Sham density functional theory is known to jump discontinuously by a spatial constant as the average electron number, N, crosses an integer in an open system of fluctuating electron number, with important physical consequences for charge transfers and band gaps. We have recently constructed an essentially exact exchange-correlation potential vxc for N electrons (0 ≤ N ≤ 2) in the presence of a –1/r external potential, i.e., for a ground ensemble of H+ ion, H atom, and H– ion densities. That construction illustrates the discontinuity at N = 1, where it equals IH – AH, the positive difference between the ionization energy and the electron affinity of the hydrogen atom. Here we construct the corresponding essentially exact spin-up and spin-down exchange-correlation potentials vxc,↑ and vxc,↓ of the Kohn–Sham spin-density functional theory, more commonly used for electronic structure calculations, for the ground ensemble with most-negative z-component of spin (or equivalently in the presence of a uniform magnetic field of infinitesimal strength). The potentials vxc, vxc,↑, and vxc,↓, which vanish as r → ∞ (except when N approaches an integer from above), are identical for 0 ≤ N ≤ 1 and for N = 2 but not for 1 < N < 2. We find that the majority or spin-down potential has a spatially constant discontinuity at N = 1 equal to IH – AH. The minority or spin-up potential has a discontinuity which is this constant in one order of limits, but is a spatially varying function in a different order of limits. This order-of-limits problem is a consequence of a special circumstance: the vanishing of the spin-up density at N = 1.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Giarrusso ◽  
Paola Gori-Giorgi

We analyze in depth two widely used definitions (from the theory of conditional probablity amplitudes and from the adiabatic connection formalism) of the exchange-correlation energy density and of the response potential of Kohn-Sham density functional theory. We introduce a local form of the coupling-constant-dependent Hohenberg-Kohn functional, showing that the difference between the two definitions is due to a corresponding local first-order term in the coupling constant, which disappears globally (when integrated over all space), but not locally. We also design an analytic representation for the response potential in the strong-coupling limit of density functional theory for a model single stretched bond.<br>


2003 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 1044-1053 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. van Faassen ◽  
P. L. de Boeij ◽  
R. van Leeuwen ◽  
J. A. Berger ◽  
J. G. Snijders

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (07) ◽  
pp. 1055-1067 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. KARLSSON ◽  
F. ARYASETIAWAN

We derive a simplified Bethe–Salpeter equation for calculating optical absorption based on the assumption of a local electron–hole interaction. The original four-point equation for the kernel is reduced to a two-point one. A connection to the exchange–correlation kernel in time-dependent density functional theory can be established. The resulting fxc is found to be -W/2 where W contains only the short-range (local) part of the Coulomb screened interaction. This simple approximation was successfully applied to optical absorption spectra of some excitonic crystals, reproducing not only the continuum excitons but also the bound ones.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Alipour ◽  
Parisa Fallahzadeh

Density functional theory formalisms of energy partitioning schemes are utilized to find out what energetic components govern interactions in halogenated complexes.


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