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Classical density functional theory (DFT) of fluids is a valuable tool to analyze inhomogeneous fluids. However, few numerical solution algorithms for three-dimensional systems exist. Here we present an efficient numerical scheme for fluids…

A general density-functional formalism using an extended variable-space is presented for classical fluids in the canonical ensemble (CE). An exact equation is derived that plays the role of the Ornstein-Zernike (OZ) equation in the grand…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. A. White , S. Velasco

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.…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-24 Robert K. Nesbet

The infinite set of coupled integral nonlinear equations for correlation functions in the case of classical canonical ensemble is considered. Some kind of graph expansions of correlation functions in the density parameter are constructed.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-05-17 A. L. Rebenko

Quantized Liquid Density-Functional Theory [Phys. Rev. E 2009, 80, 031603], a method developed to assess the adsorption of gas molecules in porous nanomaterials, is reformulated within the grand canonical ensemble. With the grand potential…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-11-05 Christian F. J. Walther , Serguei Patchkovskii , Thomas Heine

Finite temperature density functional theory provides, in principle, an exact description of the thermodynamical equilibrium of many-electron systems. In practical applications, however, the functionals must be approximated. Efficient and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-19 S. Pittalis , C. R. Proetto , A. Floris , A. Sanna , C. Bersier , K. Burke , E. K. U. Gross

We argue that the success of DFT can be understood in terms of a semiclassical expansion around a very specific limit. This limit was identified long ago by Lieb and Simon for the total electronic energy of a system. This is a universal…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-05-18 Pavel Okun , Kieron Burke

Simulating electrochemical interfaces using density functional theory (DFT) requires incorporating the effects of electrochemical potential. The electrochemical potential acts as a new degree of freedom that can effectively tune DFT results…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Mouyi Weng , Nicéphore Bonnet , Oliviero Andreussi , Nicola Marzari

This paper gives a summary of basic concepts of density-functional theory (DFT) and its use in state-of-the-art computations of complex processes in condensed matter physics and materials science. In particular we discuss how microscopic…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-02-03 C. Ratsch , P. Ruggerone , M. Scheffler

A density functional theory (DFT) of lattice fermion models is presented, which uses the single-particle density matrix gamma_{ij} as basic variable. A simple, explicit approximation to the interaction-energy functional W[gamma] of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Lopez-Sandoval , G. M. Pastor

Classical density functional theory (DFT) provides an exact variational framework for determining the equilibrium properties of inhomogeneous fluids. We report a generalization of DFT to treat the non-equilibrium dynamics of classical…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-09-06 Matthias Schmidt , Joseph M. Brader

When can we map a classical density profile to an external potential? In equilibrium, without time dependence, the one-body density is known to specify the external potential that is applied to the many-body system. This mapping from a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 Michael Andreas Klatt , Christian Bair , Hartmut Löwen , René Wittmann

Effective field theory (EFT) methods are applied to density functional theory (DFT) as part of a program to systematically go beyond mean-field approaches to medium and heavy nuclei. A system of fermions with short-range, natural…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 S. J. Puglia , A. Bhattacharyya , R. J. Furnstahl

This paper develops a gravitational-thermodynamic interpretation of two ensemble structures with singular behavior, denoted as canonical ensemble A and grand canonical ensemble B. Ensemble A is modeled as a stellar-type system in which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-24 Wen-Xiang Chen

We develop an ensemble density functional theory for the fractional quantum Hall effect using a local density approximation. Model calculations for edge reconstructions of a spin-polarized quantum dot give results in good agreement with…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 O. Heinonen , M. I. Lubin , M. D. Johnson

We prove that the lowest free energy of a classical interacting system at temperature $T$ with a prescribed density profile $\rho(x)$ can be approximated by the local free energy $\int f_T(\rho(x))dx$, provided that $\rho$ varies slowly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-08-28 Michal Jex , Mathieu Lewin , Peter Madsen

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,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-13 Francisco C. Alcaraz , Klaus Capelle

In pursuit of a colloidal analogue to quantum density functional theory (DFT) predictions of atomic crystal structures, we report a new, classical DFT that predicts the relative thermodynamic stability of colloidal crystals of hard, convex…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-01-15 Kristi Pepa , Isaac R. Spivack , Trevor F. G. Teague , Ryn Y. Oliphant , Domagoj Fijan , Sharon C. Glotzer

Density-potential functional theory (DPFT) is an alternative formulation of orbital-free density functional theory that may be suitable for modeling the electronic structure of large systems. To date, DPFT has been applied mainly to quantum…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-04-21 Martin-Isbjörn Trappe , William C. Witt , Sergei Manzhos

Spin-density-functional theory (SDFT) is the most widely implemented and applied formulation of density-functional theory. However, it is still finding novel applications, and occasionally encounters unexpected problems. In this paper we…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-25 K. Capelle , Valter L. Libero