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The direct random-phase approximation (dRPA) is used to calculate and compare atomization energies for the HEAT set and 10 selected molecules of the G2-1 set using both plane waves and Gaussian-type orbitals. We describe detailed procedures…
The matrix equations of the relativistic random-phase approximation (RRPA) are derived for an effective Lagrangian characterized by density-dependent meson-nucleon vertex functions. The explicit density dependence of the meson-nucleon…
We explore several random phase approximation (RPA) correlation energy variants within the adiabatic-connection fluctuation-dissipation theorem approach. These variants differ in the way the exchange interactions are treated. One of these…
In this work, we extend the Piris natural orbital functionals (PNOFs) to excited states by coupling their reconstructed second-order reduced density matrices with the extended random-phase approximation (ERPA). We have named the general…
We generalize the recently introduced single-boson exchange formalism to nonlocal interactions. In the functional renormalization group application to the extended Hubbard model in two dimensions, we show that the flow of the rest function…
It is well known that the ground-state correlation energy from the particle-hole channel of the random phase approximation (RPA) is formally equivalent to that from a simplified coupled cluster doubles (CCD) model that includes only ring…
The status of different extensions of the Random Phase Approximation (RPA) is reviewed. The general framework is given within the Equation of Motion Method and the equivalent Green's function approach for the so-called Self-Consistent RPA…
We formulate a quasi-particle random phase approximation (QRPA) in the coordinate space representation. This model is a natural extension of the RPA model of Shlomo and Bertsch to open-shell nuclei in order to take into account pairing…
The problems related to the existence of the spurious dipole mode (SDM) in the self-consistent nuclear-structure models are considered. A method is formulated that allows to eliminate coupling of the SDM with the physical modes in the…
The properties of the low-energy dipole response are investigated for the proton-rich doubly magic nucleus $^{48}$Ni, in a comparative study of two microscopic models: fully self-consistent Relativistic Random-Phase Approximation(RRPA)…
The Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation equations are solved taking into account the Pauli Principle at the expectation value level, and allowing changes in the mean field occupation numbers to minimize the energy while having the…
The accuracy of calculations of atomic Rydberg excitations cannot be judged by the usual measures, such as mean unsigned errors of many transitions. We show how to use quantum defect theory to (a) separate errors due to approximate…
The effects of ground-state correlations on the magnetic dipole excitations in $^{40}$Ca are studied using an extended random phase approximation (ERPA) derived from the time-dependent density-matrix theory. Comparison is made with other…
We assess the performance of a recently proposed renormalized adiabatic local density approximation (rALDA) for \textit{ab initio} calculations of electronic correlation energies in solids and molecules. The method is an extension of the…
Using the Hartree-Fock plus random-phase-approximation (HF+RPA), we study the impurity effect of $\Lambda$ hyperon on the collective vibrational excitations of double-$\Lambda$ hypernuclei. To this end, we employ a Skyrme-type $\Lambda N$…
By coupling a doorway state to a see of random background states, we develop the theory of doorway states in the framework of the random-phase approximation (RPA). Because of the symmetry of the RPA equations, that theory is radically…
Several approximations are tested by calculating the ground-state energy and the energy of the first excited $0^{+}$ state using an exactly solvable model with two symmetric levels interacting via a pairing force. They are the BCS…
We present an optimized random phase approximation method (optRPA26) that significantly improves upon conventional RPA. The method employs an empirically constructed hybrid functional to generate DFT orbitals to evaluate the RPA correlation…
Necessary conditions that the spurious state associated with the translational motion and its double-phonon state have zero excitation energy in extended RPA (ERPA) theories which include both one-body and two-body amplitudes are…
Fragmentation of the dipole strength in the N=82 isotones 140Ce, 142Nd and 144Sm is calculated using the second random-phase approximation (SRPA). In comparison with the result of the random-phase approximation (RPA), the SRPA provides the…