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We present recent advances in Density Functional Theory (DFT) for applications to the field of quantum transport, with particular emphasis on transport through strongly correlated systems. We review the foundations of the popular…

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When running time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations for real-time simulations of non-equilibrium dynamics, the user has a choice of initial Kohn-Sham state, and typically a Slater determinant is used. We explore the…

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The density functional theory (DFT) is a remarkably successful theory of electronic structure of matter. At the foundation of this theory lies the Kohn-Sham (KS) equation. In this paper, we describe the long-time behaviour of the…

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The development of analytic-gradient methodology for excited states within conventional time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) would seem to offer a relatively inexpensive alternative to better established quantum-chemical…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-08-11 Felipe Cordova , L. Joubert Doriol , Andrei Ipatov , Mark E. Casida , Claudia Filippi , Alberto Vela

Using the Runge-Gross theorem that establishes the foundation of Time-dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) we prove that for a given electronic Hamiltonian, choice of initial state, and choice of fragmentation, there is a unique…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Martin A. Mosquera , Daniel Jensen , Adam Wasserman

We present an extension of the density-functional theory (DFT) formalism for lattice gases to systems with internal degrees of freedom. In order to test approximations commonly used in DFT approaches, we investigate the statics and dynamics…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Heinrichs , W. Dieterich , P. Maass , H. L. Frisch

We present a time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) based approach to compute the light-matter couplings between two different manifolds of excited states relative to a common ground state. These quantities are the necessary…

In this contribution, we extend our framework for analyzing and visualizing correlated many-electron dynamics to non-variational, highly scalable electronic structure method. Specifically, an explicitly time-dependent electronic wave packet…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-04-27 Gunter Hermann , Vincent Pohl , Jean Christophe Tremblay

One route to numerically propagating quantum systems is time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). The application of TDDFT to a particular system's time evolution is predicated on V-representability which we have analyzed in a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-03-03 J. D. Whitfield

Ab initio modeling of dynamic structure factors (DSF) and related density response properties in the warm dense matter (WDM) regime is a challenging computational task. The DSF, convolved with a probing X-ray beam and instrument function,…

Charge transfer plays a crucial role in many processes of interest in physics, chemistry, and bio-chemistry. In many applications the size of the systems involved calls for time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) to be used in…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-10-11 Neepa T. Maitra

The time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is the leading computationally feasible theory to treat excitations by strong electromagnetic fields. Here the theory is applied to coherent optical phonon generation produced by intense…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-05 Y. Shinohara , S. A. Sato , K. Yabana , J. -I. Iwata , T. Otobe , G. F. Bertsch

Quantum mechanical methods based on the density functional theory (DFT) offer a realistic possibility of first-principles design of organic donor-acceptor systems and engineered band-gap materials. This promise is contingent upon the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2013-12-03 Marcin Modrzejewski , Grzegorz Chałasiński , Małgorzata M. Szczęśniak

Time dependent quantum systems are the subject of intense inquiry, in mathematics, science, and engineering, particularly at the atomic and molecular levels. In 1984, Runge and Gross introduced time dependent density functional theory…

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A decade ago Rhie \et (Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 90}, 247201 (2003)) reported that when ferromagnetic nickel is subject to an intense ultrashort laser pulse, its exchange splitting is reduced quickly. But to simulate such reduction remains a…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-11-15 G. P. Zhang , Y. H. Bai , Thomas F. George

We illustrate the scope of Time Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) for strongly correlated (lattice) models out of equilibrium. Using the exact many body time evolution, we reverse engineer the exact exchange correlation (xc)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-08-12 Claudio Verdozzi

Fission resulting from collision of atomic nuclei is systematically investigated based on time-dependent density functional calculations. Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is a framework, which enables us to treat quantum…

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Quantum effects of plasmonic phenomena have been explored through ab-initio studies, but only for exceedingly small metallic nanostructures, leaving most experimentally relevant structures too large to handle. We propose instead an…

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Multi-terminal transport setups allow to realize more complex measurements and functionalities (e.g., transistors) of nanoscale systems than the simple two-terminal arrangement. Here the steady-state density functional formalism (i-DFT) for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 Stefan Kurth , David Jacob , Nahual Sobrino , Gianluca Stefanucci

We present a theoretical description of femtosecond laser induced dynamics of the hydrogen molecule and of singly ionised sodium dimers, based on a real-space, real-time, implementation of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT).…

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