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We derive a local approximation for the correlation energy in two-dimensional electronic systems. In the derivation we follow the scheme originally developed by Colle and Salvetti for three dimensions, and consider a Gaussian approximation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2008-11-21 S. Pittalis , E. Rasanen , M. Marques

We propose exchanging the energy functionals in ground-state DFT with physically equivalent exact force expressions as a new promising route towards approximations to the exchange-correlation potential and energy. In analogy to the usual…

We put forward new approach for the development of a non-local density functional by a direct modeling of the shape of exchange-correlation (xc) hole in inhomogeneous systems. The functional is aimed at giving an accurate xc-energy and an…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-08-05 Klaas J. H. Giesbertz , Robert van Leeuwen , Ulf von Barth

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

We consider density functionals for exchange and correlation energies in two-dimensional systems. The functionals are constructed by making use of exact constraints for the angular averages of the corresponding exchange and correlation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-02-25 E. Rasanen , S. Pittalis

The exchange-correlation energy in Kohn-Sham density functional theory can be expressed exactly in terms of the change in the expectation of the electron-electron repulsion operator when, in the many-electron hamiltonian, this same operator…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-08-05 Paola Gori-Giorgi , Giovanni Vignale , Michael Seidl

The exchange-correlation hole density of the infinitely stretched (dissociated) hydrogen molecule can be cast into a closed analytical form by using its exact wave function. This permits to obtain an explicit exchange-correlation energy…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-11-16 Eduard Matito , David Casanova , Xabier Lopez , Jesus M. Ugalde

An exchange-correlation energy functional $ E_{\mathrm xc} $ and the resultant exchange-correlation potential $ v_{\mathrm xc}({\bf r}) $ in density-functional theory are proposed using orbital-dependent coupling-constant-averaged pair…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Hiroshi Yasuhara , Masahiko Higuchi , Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

Most approximate exchange-correlation functionals used within density functional theory are constructed as the sum of two distinct contributions for exchange and correlation. Separating the exchange component from the entire functional is…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Claudia Filippi , C. J. Umrigar , Xavier Gonze

The exchange-correlation hole and potential of the homogeneous electron gas have been investigated within the random-phase approximation, employing the plasmon-pole approximation for the linear density response function. The angular…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-04-12 K. Karlsson , F. Aryasetiawan

We show that the exact exchange-correlation potential of time-dependent density-functional theory displays dynamical step structures that have a spatially non-local and time non-local dependence on the density. Using one-dimensional…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Peter Elliott , Johanna I. Fuks , Angel Rubio , Neepa T. Maitra

Aiming to combine density functional theory (DFT) and wavefunction theory, we study a mapping from the many-body interacting system to an effectively-interacting Kohn-Sham system instead of a non-interacting Kohn-Sham system. Because a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-02-19 Shunsuke A. Sato , Angel Rubio

Exact-exchange energy density and energy density of a semilocal density functional approximation are two key ingredients for modeling the static correlation, a strongly nonlocal functional of the density, through a local hybrid functional.…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Jianmin Tao , Viktor N. Staroverov , Gustavo E. Scuseria , John P. Perdew

The construction of meta generalized gradient approximations based on the density matrix expansion (DME) is considered as one of the most accurate technique to design semilocal exchange energy functionals in two-dimensional density…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-05-09 Abhilash Patra , Subrata Jana , Prasanjit Samal

Self-interactions (SIs) are a major problem in density functional approximations and the source of serious divergence from experimental results. Here, we propose to optimize density functional total energies in terms of the effective local…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-06-20 Nikitas I. Gidopoulos , Nektarios N. Lathiotakis

We present a density functional theory (DFT) for lattice models with local electron-electron (e-e) and electron-phonon (e-ph) interactions. Exchange-correlation potentials are derived via dynamical mean field theory for the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-09-04 E. Viñas Boström , P. Helmer , P. Werner , C. Verdozzi

Density functional theory is the workhorse of modern electronic structure calculations, with wide-ranging applications in chemistry, physics, materials science, and machine learning. At its heart lies the exchange-correlation functional, a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-02-20 Fabien Tran , Susi Lehtola , Stefano Pittalis , Miguel A. L. Marques

The adiabatic connection of density functional theory (DFT) for electronic systems is generalized here to negative values of the coupling strength $\alpha$ (with {\em attractive} electrons). In the extreme limit $\alpha\to-\infty$ a simple…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-14 Michael Seidl , Paola Gori-Giorgi

In this work we have studied a new functional for the correlation energy obtained from the exact-exchange (EXX) approximation within time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). Correlation energies have been calculated for a number of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Maria Hellgren , Ulf von Barth

Accurate treatment of the electronic correlation in inhomogeneous electronic systems, combined with the ability to capture the correlation energy of the homogeneous electron gas, allows to reach high predictive power in the application of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-06-22 E. Rasanen , S. Pittalis , C. R. Proetto