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Density-matrix coupled time-dependent exchange-correlation functional approximations

Chemical Physics 2018-12-21 v2

Abstract

We present a new class of non-adiabatic approximations in time-dependent density functional theory derived from an exact expression for the time-dependent exchange-correlation potential. The approximations reproduce dynamical step and peak features in the exact potential that are missing in adiabatic approximations. Central to this approach is an approximation for the one-body reduced density-matrix as a functional of the Kohn-Sham density-matrix, and we demonstrate two such examples.

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@article{arxiv.1809.07378,
  title  = {Density-matrix coupled time-dependent exchange-correlation functional approximations},
  author = {Lionel Lacombe and Neepa T. Maitra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.07378},
  year   = {2018}
}

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22 pages, 4 figures

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