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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…

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Electronic states with fractional spins arise in systems with large static correlation (strongly correlated systems). Such fractional-spin states are shown to be ensembles of degenerate ground states with normal spins. It is proven here…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Aron J. Cohen , Paula Mori-Sánchez , Weitao Yang

We derive, from the dimensional cross-over criterion, a fundamental-measure density functional for parallel hard curved rectangles moving on a cylindrical surface. We derive it from the density functional of circular arcs of length $\sigma$…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-16 Yuri Martinez-Raton , Enrique Velasco

We apply the coupled dynamics of time-dependent density functional theory and Maxwell equations to the interaction of intense laser pulses with crystalline silicon. As a function of electromagnetic field intensity, we see several regions in…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-03 K. Yabana , T. Sugiyama , Y. Shinohara , T. Otobe , G. F. Bertsch

A fundamental assumption of the dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) of colloidal systems is that a grand-canonical free energy functional may be employed to generate the thermodynamic driving forces. Using one-dimensional hard-rods…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-06-04 Johannes Reinhardt , Joseph Michael Brader

We study the dynamics of a colloidal fluid including inertia and hydrodynamic interactions, two effects which strongly influence the non-equilibrium properties of the system. We derive a general dynamical density functional theory (DDFT)…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-09-24 Benjamin D. Goddard , Andreas Nold , Nikos Savva , Grigorios A. Pavliotis , Serafim Kalliadasis

A hard sphere fluid confined by hard, structureless, and parallel walls is investigated using a certain version of weighted density functional theory. The density profile, the excess coverage, the finite size contribution to the free…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-02-03 B. Gotzelmann , S. Dietrich

Droplets of a pure fluid, such as water, in an open container surrounded by gas, are thermodynamically unstable and evaporate quickly. In a recent paper [Archer et al. J. Chem. Phys. {\bf 159}, 194403 (2023)] we employed lattice density…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-12-17 Melih Gül , Andrew J Archer , Benjamin D Goddard , Roland Roth

Predicting interfacial thermodynamics across molecular and continuum scales remains a central challenge in computational science. Classical density functional theory (cDFT) provides a first-principles route to connect microscopic…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 Edoardo Monti , Peter Yatsyshin , Konstantinos Gkagkas , Andrew B. Duncan

The coupling constant dependence is derived in time-dependent {\em current} density functional theory. The scaling relation can be used to check approximate functionals and in conjunction with the adiabatic connection formula to obtain the…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 Maxime Dion , Kieron Burke

We define a correlation function that quantifies the spatial correlation of single-particle displacements in liquids and amorphous materials. We show for an equilibrium liquid that this function is related to fluctuations in a bulk…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Claudio Donati , Sharon C. Glotzer , Peter H. Poole

We investigate the phase ordering (pattern formation) of systems of two-dimensional core-shell particles using Monte-Carlo (MC) computer simulations and classical density functional theory (DFT). The particles interact via a pair potential…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-10-01 Michael Wassermair , Gerhard Kahl , Roland Roth , Andrew J. Archer

We study the behavior of very thin liquid films wetting homogeneous planar and spherical substrates. In order to describe a simple fluid at very small scales, we employ a classical density functional theory (DFT). Here, we model a fluid…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-01-10 Andreas Nold

A diagrammatic kinetic theory of density fluctuations in simple dense liquids at long times, described in the preceding paper, is applied to a high density Lennard-Jones liquid to calculate various equilibrium time correlation functions.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-18 Kevin R. Pilkiewicz , Hans C. Andersen

We present an analysis and discuss consequences of the strong correlations of the configurational parts of pressure and energy in their equilibrium fluctuations at fixed volume reported for simulations of several liquids in the companion…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Nicholas P. Bailey , Ulf R. Pedersen , Nicoletta Gnan , Thomas B. Schrøder , Jeppe C. Dyre

We study thermal equilibrium of classical pointlike counterions confined between symmetrically charged walls at distance $d$. At very large couplings when the counterion system is in its crystal phase, a harmonic expansion of particle…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-01-21 L. Samaj , M. Trulsson , E. Trizac

How condensed-matter simulations depend on the number of molecules being simulated ($N$) is sometimes itself a valuable piece of information. Liquid crystals provide a case in point. Light scattering and $2d$-IR experiments on…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-12-20 Eleftherios Mainas , Richard M. Stratt

Methods for estimating the correlation energy of molecules and other electronic systems are discussed based on the assumption that the correlation energy can be partitioned between atomic regions. In one method, the electron density is…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-05-16 Jerry L. Whitten

We investigate the collective dynamics of the perfect cubic crystal by deriving from the hydrodynamic equations the time-dependent correlation and the spectral functions characterizing the fluctuations of mass and momentum densities. We…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-12-05 Joel Mabillard , Pierre Gaspard

Properties of hcp-Ti such as elastic constants, stacking faults and gamma-surfaces are computed using Density Functional Theory (DFT) and two central force Embedded Atom interaction Models (EAM). The results are compared to previously…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-05 Magali Benoit , Nathalie Tarrat , Joseph Morillo