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Screening in the finite-temperature reduced Hartree-Fock model

Mathematical Physics 2020-07-28 v2 Materials Science math.MP

Abstract

We prove the existence of solutions of the reduced Hartree-Fock equations at finite temperature for a periodic crystal with a small defect, and show total screening of the defect charge by the electrons. We also show the convergence of the damped self-consistent field iteration using Kerker preconditioning to remove charge sloshing. As a crucial step of the proof, we define and study the properties of the dielectric operator.

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@article{arxiv.1810.03342,
  title  = {Screening in the finite-temperature reduced Hartree-Fock model},
  author = {Antoine Levitt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.03342},
  year   = {2020}
}