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Domain-averaged Fermi hole versus regional reduced density matrices: a critical comparison

Quantum Physics 2008-07-16 v1

Abstract

In their recent work Cooper and Ponec [Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 1319-1329] proposed a ``one-electron approximation to domain-averaged Fermi hole (DAFH)" used in electronic population studies. The goal of this comment is to note that the proposal had been already published within the framework of domain-restricted reduced density matrices (Ω\mathrm{\Omega}-RDM) and to show that it cannot conceptually be considered as an approximation to DAFH as the authors invoke.

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@article{arxiv.0807.2425,
  title  = {Domain-averaged Fermi hole versus regional reduced density matrices: a critical comparison},
  author = {Diego R. Alcoba and Roberto C. Bochicchio and Luis Lain and Alicia Torre},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.2425},
  year   = {2008}
}

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four pages, no figures

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