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By introducing the self-energy density functionals for the dissipative interactions between the reduced system and its environment, we develop a time-dependent density-functional theory formalism based on an equation of motion for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xiao Zheng , Fan Wang , Chi Yung Yam , Yan Mo , GuanHua Chen

The density functional approach in the Kohn-Sham approximation is widely used to study properties of many-electron systems. Due to the nonlinearity of the Kohn-Sham equations, the general self-consistence searching method involves…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-13 D. V. Posvyanskii , A. Ya. Shul'man

A novel approach to the description of superconductors in thermal equilibrium is developed within a formally exact density-functional framework. The theory is formulated in terms of three ``densities'': the ordinary electron density, the…

One-electron self-interaction and an incorrect asymptotic behavior of the Kohn-Sham exchange-correlation potential are among the most prominent limitations of many present-day density functionals. However, a one-electron…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2016-07-06 Tobias Schmidt , Eli Kraisler , Leeor Kronik , Stephan Kümmel

In this chapter, we provide a review of ground-state Kohn-Sham density-functional theory of electronic systems and some of its extensions, we present exact expressions and constraints for the exchange and correlation density functionals,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-09-12 Julien Toulouse

The electron-electron mutual Coulomb repulsion energy density functional satisfies an equation that links functionals and functional derivatives at N-electron and (N-1)-electron densities for densities determined from the same adiabatic…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-07-19 Daniel P. Joubert

We develop a detailed theoretical investigation of the effect of Coulomb interaction on electron transport in arrays of chaotic quantum dots and diffusive metallic wires. Employing the real time path integral technique we formulate a new…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. S. Golubev , A. D. Zaikin

Lectures deal with the theory of electronic transport, in particular with the electrical conductivity, in systems dominated by strong electron-electron repulsion. The concept of charge stiffness is introduced to distinguish conductors and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Prelovsek , X. Zotos

Spin is a fundamental property of any many-electron system. The ability of density functional theory to accurately predict the physical properties of a system, while varying its spin, is crucial for describing magnetic materials and…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-11-05 Alon Hayman , Eli Kraisler , Tamar Stein

In approximate Kohn-Sham density-functional theory, self-interaction manifests itself as the dependence of the energy of an orbital on its fractional occupation. This unphysical behavior translates into qualitative and quantitative errors…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-09-28 Ismaila Dabo , Andrea Ferretti , Nicolas Poilvert , Yanli Li , Nicola Marzari , Matteo Cococcioni

We use Kohn-Sham spin-density-functional theory to study the statistics of ground-state spin and the spacing between conductance peaks in the Coulomb blockade regime for both 2D isolated and realistic quantum dots. We make a systematic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hong Jiang , Denis Ullmo , Weitao Yang , Harold U. Baranger

The most widely-used density functionals for the exchange-correlation energy are inexact for one-electron systems. Their self-interaction errors can be severe in some applications. The problem is not only to correct the self-interaction…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Stephan Kümmel , John P. Perdew

Transport properties of degenerate relativistic electrons along quantizing magnetic fields in neutron star crusts are considered. A kinetic equation is derived for the spin polarization density matrix of electrons. Its solution does not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 A. Y. Potekhin

As a proof of principle, self-consistent Kohn--Sham calculations are performed with the exact exchange-correlation functional. Finding the exact functional for even one trial density requires solving the interacting Schr\"odinger equation…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2014-07-14 Lucas O. Wagner , Thomas E. Baker , E. M. Stoudenmire , Kieron Burke , Steven R. White

We introduce a new functional for simulating ground-state and time-dependent electronic systems within density-functional theory. The functional combines an expression for the exact Kohn-Sham (KS) potential in the limit of complete electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-15 M. J. P. Hodgson , J. D. Ramsden , T. R. Durrant , R. W. Godby

We discuss energy densities in the strong-interaction limit of density functional theory, deriving an exact expression within the definition (gauge) of the electrostatic potential of the exchange-correlation hole. Exact results for small…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2012-11-14 André Mirtschink , Michael Seidl , Paola Gori-Giorgi

A rigorous derivation of the density functional in the Hohenberg-Kohn theory is presented. With no assumption regarding the magnitude of the electric coupling constant $e^2$ (or correlation), this work provides a firm basis for…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-09-20 Yi-Kuo Yu

By extrapolating the energies of non-relativistic atoms and their ions with up to 3000 electrons within Kohn-Sham density functional theory, we find that the ionization potential remains finite and increases across a row, even as…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-19 Lucian A. Constantin , John C. Snyder , John P. Perdew , Kieron Burke

In the framework of density functional theory a formalism to describe electronic transport in the steady state is proposed which uses the density on the junction and the {\em steady current} as basic variables. We prove that, in a finite…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-12 G. Stefanucci , S. Kurth

The density-functional approach to quantum electrodynamics is extending traditional density-functional theory and opens the possibility to describe electron-photon interactions in terms of effective Kohn-Sham potentials. In this work, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 Johannes Flick , Michael Ruggenthaler , Heiko Appel , Angel Rubio