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Dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) has been successfully derived and applied to describe on the one hand passive colloidal suspensions, including hydrodynamic interactions between individual particles. On the other hand, active…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-01-18 Andreas M. Menzel , Arnab Saha , Christian Hoell , Hartmut Löwen

Rigorous mathematical foundations of density functional theory are revisited, with some use of infinitesimal (nonstandard) methods. A thorough treatment is given of basic properties of internal energy and ground-state energy functionals…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-06-30 Paul E. Lammert

The combination of density functional theory with dynamical mean-field theory (DFT+DMFT) has become a powerful first-principles approach to tackle strongly correlated materials in condensed matter physics. The wide use of this approach…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-05-10 Xin Qu , Peng Xu , Rusong Li , Gang Li , Lixin He , Xinguo Ren

Density functional theory (DFT) is one of the primary approaches to get a solution to the many-body Schrodinger equation. The essential part of the DFT theory is the exchange-correlation (XC) functional, which can not be obtained in…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-12-10 Alexander Ryabov , Petr Zhilyaev

From the lightest Hydrogen isotopes up to the recently synthesized Oganesson (Z=118), it is estimated that as many as about 3000 atomic nuclei could exist in nature. Most of these nuclei are too short-lived to be occurring on Earth, but…

A new and thorough derivation of linear-response subsystem time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) is presented and analyzed in detail. Two equivalent derivations are presented and naturally yield self-consistent subsystem TD-DFT…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2013-06-12 Michele Pavanello

We investigate a density-functional theory (DFT) approach for an unpolarized trapped dilute Fermi gas in the unitary limit . A reformulation of the recent work of T. Papenbrock [Phys. Rev. A, {\bf 72}, 041602(R) (2005)] in the language of…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Brandon P. van Zyl , D. A. W. Hutchinson , Melodie Need

A introduction into density-functional theory and electronic structure methods is given, that aims at providing an intuitive understanding of the underlying concepts for the novice as well as an entry point towards the more advanced…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-08-20 Peter E. Blöchl

Density Functional Resonance Theory (DFRT) is a complex-scaled version of ground-state Density Functional Theory (DFT) that allows one to calculate the resonance energies and lifetimes of metastable anions. In this formalism, the exact…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-09 Daniel L. Whitenack , Adam Wasserman

Electronic response properties of high-energy density (HED) systems influence planetary structure, drive evolution of fusion targets, and underpin diagnostics in laboratory astrophysics. Real-time time-dependent density functional theory…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-11-19 Alina Kononov , Minh Nguyen , Andrew D. Baczewski

The Skyrme nuclear energy density functional theory (DFT) is used to model neutron-induced fission in actinides. This paper focuses on the numerical implementation of the theory. In particular, it reports recent advances in DFT code…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 N. Schunck

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

Density functional theory (DFT) serves as the basis for computational discovery in materials science and chemistry, yet each calculation demands extensive human effort: adjusting algorithms when convergence stalls, revising plans when…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-27 Penghui Yang , Zhonghan Zhang , Yue Li , Xinrun Wag , Yanchen Deng , Yuhao Lu , Bijun Tang , Zheng Liu , Bo An

We derive an exact representation of the exchange-correlation energy within density functional theory (DFT) which spawns a class of approximations leading to correct long-range asymptotic behavior. In what amounts to be the simplest…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Roi Baer , Daniel Neuhauser

Kohn-Sham density functional theory (DFT) is a widely-used electronic structure theory for materials as well as molecules. DFT is needed especially for large systems, ab initio molecular dynamics, and high-throughput searches for functional…

Density functional theory (DFT) is used in thousands of papers each year, yet lack of universality reduces DFT's predictive capacity, and functionals may produce energy-density imbalances. The absolute electronegativity (\chi) and hardness…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Klaus A. Moltved , Kasper P. Kepp

Machine learning has now become an integral part of research and innovation. The field of machine learning density functional theory has continuously expanded over the years while making several noticeable advances. We briefly discuss the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-12-13 Bhupalee Kalita , Kieron Burke

The general expectation that, in principle, time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) be an exact formulation of the time-evolution of an interacting N-electron system is critically reexamined. It is demonstrated that the previous…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-08-13 J. Schirmer , A. Dreuw

Dynamic density functional theory (DDFT) is a promising approach for predicting the structural evolution of a drying suspension containing one or more types of colloidal particles. The assumed free-energy functional is a key component of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-11-23 Mayukh Kundu , Michael P. Howard

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