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This letter aims to derive the exact relativistic orbital-free kinetic energy density functional for one-particle nuclear systems in one-dimensional case. The kinetic energy is expressed as a functional of both vector and scalar densities.…
Due to efficient scaling with electron number N, density functional theory (DFT) is widely used for studies of large molecules and solids. Restriction of an exact mean-field theory to local potential functions has recently been questioned.…
We show that a lattice formulation of density-functional theory (DFT), guided by renormalization-group concepts, can be used to obtain numerical predictions of energy gaps, spin-density profiles, critical exponents, sound velocities,…
Density functional theory (DFT) offers a desirable balance between quantitative accuracy and computational efficiency in practical many-electron calculations. Its central component, the exchange-correlation energy functional, has been…
Recent advances in X-ray free-electron laser diagnostics have enabled direct probing of the electronic structure under extreme pressures and temperatures, such as those encountered in stellar interiors and inertial confinement fusion…
Within exact electron density-functional theory, we investigate Kohn-Sham (KS) potentials, orbital energies, and non-interacting kinetic energies of the fractional ions of Li, C and F. We use quantum Monte Carlo densities as input, which…
We show that using complex, spin-restricted orbitals (cR) in Kohn-Sham density functional theory (KS-DFT) allows one to access a new class of densities that is not accessible by either spin-restricted (RKS) or spin-unrestricted (UKS)…
We report the first wholly non-empirical generalized gradient approximation, non-interacting free energy functional for orbital-free density functional theory and use that new functional to provide forces for finite-temperature molecular…
The average-density approximation is used to construct a nonlocal kinetic energy functional for an inhomogeneous two-dimensional Fermi gas. This functional is then used to formulate a Thomas-Fermi von Weizs\"acker-like theory for the…
Within ``orbital-free'' density functional theory, it is essential to develop general kinetic energy density (KED), denoted as $t(\mathbf{r})$. This is usually done by empirical corrections and enhancements, gradient expansions, machine…
We study the dependence of kinetic energy densities (KED) on density-dependent variables that have been suggested in previous works on kinetic energy functionals (KEF) for orbital-free DFT (OF-DFT). We focus on the role of data distribution…
The exact form of the kinetic energy functional has remained elusive in orbital-free models of density functional theory (DFT). This has been the main stumbling block for the development of a general-purpose framework on this basis. Here,…
In a recent paper [Phys.~Rev.~A {\bf 89}, 022503 (2014)], the average density approximation (ADA) was implemented to develop a parameter-free, nonlocal kinetic energy functional to be used in the orbital-free density-functional theory of an…
We present a real-space formulation and higher-order finite-difference implementation of periodic Orbital-free Density Functional Theory (OF-DFT). Specifically, utilizing a local reformulation of the electrostatic and kernel terms, we…
We propose a way to improve energy density functionals (EDFs) in the density functional theory based on the combination of the inverse Kohn--Sham method and the density functional perturbation theory. Difference between the known EDF and…
Recently, we introduced (e-print arXiv:1407.7128) {\em local reduced density matrix functional theory} (local RDMFT), a theoretical scheme capable of incorporating static correlation effects in Kohn-Sham equations. Here, we apply local…
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…
The quest for an approximate yet accurate kinetic energy density functional is central to the development of orbital-free density functional theory. While a recipe for closed-shell systems has been proposed earlier, we have shown that it…
Embedded density functional theory (e-DFT) is used to describe the electronic structure of strongly interacting molecular subsystems. We present a general implementation of the Exact Embedding (EE) method [J. Chem. Phys. 133, 084103 (2010)]…
We report a local, weight-dependent correlation density-functional approximation that incorporates information about both ground and excited states in the context of density-functional theory for ensembles (eDFT). This density-functional…