ON THE "GENERALIZED SLATER" APPROXIMATION

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (20n21) ◽  
pp. 4087-4095
Author(s):  
J. MESSUD ◽  
P. M. DINH ◽  
E. SURAUD ◽  
P.-G. REINHARD

We work within the Density Functional Theory (DFT), in the Local Density Approximation (LDA) with Self Interaction Correction (SIC). We show that, thanks to a formulation which employs two different sets of orbitals, the equations can be written in the form of eigenvalues equations, leading to single electron interpretation. However, the resulting hamiltonian is non-local. We propose to find it's best local approximation within using the Optimized Effective Potential (OEP) method. The resulting approximate theory is denominated "Generalized Slater". We show that this new scheme cures the pathologies of the standard SIC-Slater or SIC-KLI approximations.

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (11n12) ◽  
pp. 1563-1569 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. PROFETA ◽  
A. CONTINENZA ◽  
F. BERNARDINI ◽  
G. SATTA ◽  
S. MASSIDDA

We report a detailed study of the electronic and dynamical properties of MgB2 , BeB2 and of the AlMgB4 superlattice, within the local density approximation to the density functional theory. On the basis of our results we discuss the superconducting properties of these systems, and point to the high T c in MgB2 as a fortunate combination of events.


2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (14) ◽  
pp. 1507-1522
Author(s):  
BERNARDO S. MENDOZA ◽  
CUAUHTÉMOC SALAZAR ◽  
J. L. CABELLOS

A theoretical review of optical spin injection for bulk semiconductors is presented. As an example, we calculated such response in bulk Si , GaAs and CdSe . For each of these systems the computation of the electronic wavefunctions and energies are obtained under the density functional theory (DFT) within the local density approximation (LDA).


2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (21) ◽  
pp. 1650147 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ferahtia ◽  
S. Saib ◽  
N. Bouarissa

The present study deals with first-principles calculations of the thermal properties of ZnTe in the two phases namely, zinc-blende and wurtzite. The calculations are mainly performed using the density functional theory with the local density approximation and response-function calculations. The full phonon dispersions throughout the Brillouin zone are presented. The temperature dependence of the lattice parameters, bulk modulus, entropy and heat capacity are examined and discussed. Our findings agree reasonably well with those available in the literature.


2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (24) ◽  
pp. 4811-4820
Author(s):  
Y. P. ZHANG ◽  
F. S. ZHANG ◽  
Y. GAO ◽  
H. W. CHANG ◽  
G. Q. XIAO

The process of multielectron transfer from a Na 4 cluster induced by highly charged C 6+, C 4+, C 2+ and C + ions is studied using the method of time-dependent density functional theory within the local density approximation combined with the use of pseudopotential. The evolution of dipole moment changes and emitted electrons in Na 4 is obtained and the time-dependent probabilities with various charges are deduced. It is shown that the Na 4 cluster is strongly ionized by C 6+ and that the number of emitted electrons per atom of Na 4 is larger than that of Na 2 under the same condition. One can find that the detailed information of the emitted electrons from Na 4 is different from the same from Na 2, which is possibly related to the difference in structure between the two clusters.


1994 ◽  
Vol 349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew A. Quong ◽  
Mark R. Pederson

ABSTRACTWe use the local-density-approximation to the density-functional theory to determine the axial polarizabilities of fullerene tubules as a function of length and winding topologies. Specifically, we present linear polarizabilities for tubules of composition C12H24, C36H24, C40H20 and C60H24. The size-dependent variation in the dipole-coupled gaps between pairs of occupied and unoccupied levels leads to enhancements in the polarizability per valence electron as the length of the tubule increases. The results are compared to recent densityfunctional based calculations of the linear and nonlinear polarizabilities for fullerene and benzene molecules.


2013 ◽  
Vol 750-752 ◽  
pp. 1141-1145
Author(s):  
Ai Ling Ding ◽  
Feng Li ◽  
Chun Mei Li ◽  
Jing Ao ◽  
Zhi Qian Chen

We investigate the thermodynamic properties of superhard w-BC2N by using ab initio plane-wave pseudopotential density functional theory method within local density approximation (LDA). Through the quasi-harmonic Debye model, we investigate the thermodynamic properties of w-BC2N. The variation of the thermal expansion, the heat capacity and the Gruneisen parameter γ with pressure P and temperature T, and many other thermodynamic parameters of w-BC2N are obtained systematically.


2006 ◽  
Vol 959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghouti Merad ◽  
Benali Rerbal ◽  
Hafid Aourag ◽  
Joël Cibert

ABSTRACTAn atomistic modelling based on density functional theory within the framework of the local density approximation is used to show the trends in the energetic properties of single and double defects in CdTe semiconductor, without phase transformation. A systematic study of vacancies, Mn substituting Cd atoms in a supercell structure consisting of 16-atoms is presented. The changes of structural properties and lattice parameters due to the addition of Mn-atomic type defects in CdTe matrix are compared, and the number of vacancies is also determined from the total energy calculations.


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