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We show that generalized spherical harmonics are well suited for representing the space and orientation molecular density in the resolution of the molecular density functional theory. We consider the common system made of a rigid solute of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-10-11 Lu Ding , Maximilien Levesque , Daniel Borgis , Luc Belloni

This review is based on lectures given by the author at the Enrico Fermi Summer School in Varenna. It presents the basics of Density Functional Theory (DFT) for Fermi superfluids, with particular emphasis on nuclear systems. Special…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-10 Piotr Magierski

We generalize the recently developped "internal" Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Kohn-Sham scheme to multicomponent systems. We obtain a general formalism, applicable for the description of multicomponent self-bound systems (as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Jeremie Messud

A unified formulation of the density functional theory is constructed on the foundations of entropic inference in both the classical and the quantum regimes. The theory is introduced as an application of entropic inference for inhomogeneous…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-12-20 Ahmad Yousefi

Solvation effect might have a tremendous influence on chemical reactions. However, precise quantum chemistry calculations are most often done either in vacuum neglecting the role of the solvent or using continuum solvent model ignoring its…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-07-14 Guillaume Jeanmairet , Maximilien Levesque , Daniel Borgis

Time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) is an extension of ground-state density-functional theory which allows the treatment of electronic excited states and a wide range of time-dependent phenomena in the linear and nonlinear…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-10 Carsten A. Ullrich

Density functional theory (DFT) has become the most popular approach to electronic structure across disciplines, especially in material and chemical sciences. Last year, at least 30,000 papers used DFT to make useful predictions or give…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-01-05 Justin C. Smith , Francisca Sagredo , Kieron Burke

We determine and compare structural, dynamical, and electronic properties of liquid water at near ambient conditions through density-functional molecular dynamics simulations, when using either plane-wave or atomic-orbital basis sets. In…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2016-09-26 Giacomo Miceli , Jürg Hutter , Alfredo Pasquarello

We present a modification to our recently published SAFT-based classical density functional theory for water. We have recently developed and tested a functional for the averaged radial distribution function at contact of the hard-sphere…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-17 Eric J. Krebs , Jeff B. Schulte , David Roundy

Multireference density functional theory (MR-DFT) provides a pivotal microscopic framework for the description of the ground state properties, low-lying nuclear spectra and transition properties of atomic nuclei. Conventionally, practical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-05 Xin. Zhang , Kouichi. Hagino

We analyze the structure of the Fundamental Measure Theory for the free energy density functional of hard sphere mixtures. A comparative study of the different versions of the theory, and other density functional approaches, is done in…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Jose A. Cuesta , Yuri Martinez-Raton , Pedro Tarazona

We provide novel random surface density functional theory (RSDFT) formulation in the case of geometric heterogeneous surface of solid media which is essential for description of thermodynamic properties of confined fluids. The major…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-11-22 Timur Aslyamov , Aleksey Khlyupin

The present contribution does not aim at replacing the huge and often excellent literature on DFT for atomic nuclei, but tries to provide an updated introduction to this topic. The goal would be, ideally, to help a fresh M.Sc. or Ph.D.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-08-09 G. Colò

In this work, we introduce an effective model for both ideal and viscous fluid dynamics within the framework of kinetic field theory (KFT). The main application we have in mind is cosmic structure formation where gaseous components need to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-11-01 C. Viermann , J. T. Schneider , R. Lilow , F. Fabis , C. Littek , E. Kozlikin , M. Bartelmann

We study, using Density Functional theory and Monte Carlo simulations, aqueous electrolyte solutions between charged infinite planar surfaces, in a contact with a bulk salt reservoir. In agreement with recent experimental observations [Z.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-09-21 Thiago Colla , Matheus Girotto , Alexandre P. dos Santos , Yan Levin

Density functional theory (DFT) embedding provides a formally exact framework for interfacing correlated wave-function theory (WFT) methods with lower-level descriptions of electronic structure. Here, we report techniques to improve the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Jason D. Goodpaster , Taylor A. Barnes , Frederick R. Manby , Thomas F. Miller

The self consistent version of the density functional theory (DFT) is presented, which allows to calculate the ground state and dynamic properties of finite multi-electron systems such as atoms, molecules and clusters. The exact functional…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Ya. Amusia , V. R. Shaginyan

Time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) is a formally exact approach to the time-dependent electronic many-body problem which is widely used for calculating excitation energies. We present a survey of the fundamental framework,…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-01-29 Carsten A. Ullrich , Zeng-hui Yang

We use the classical version of the density-functional theory in the weighted-density approximation to build up the entire phase diagram and the interface structure of a two-dimensional lattice-gas model which is known, from previous…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-10-25 S. Prestipino , P. V. Giaquinta

Density-functional theory is a formally exact description of a many-body quantum system in terms of its density; in practice, however, approximations to the universal density functional are required. In this work, a model based on deep…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-08-02 Jeffrey M. McMahon