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In the $GW$ approximation, the screened interaction $W$ is a non-local and dynamical potential that usually has a complex frequency dependence. A full description of such dependence is possible but often computationally demanding. For this…
The GW self-energy may become computationally challenging to evaluate because of frequency and momentum convolutions. These difficulties were recently addressed by the development of the multipole approximation (MPA) and the W-av methods:…
We propose an efficient analytical representation of the frequency-dependent $GW$ self-energy $\Sigma$ via a multipole approximation (MPA-$\Sigma$). The multipole-Pad\'e model for the self-energy is interpolated from a small set of…
Despite its success in the study of spectroscopic properties, the $GW$ method presents specific methodological challenges when applied to systems with metallic screening. Here, we present an efficient and fully ab-initio implementation for…
A new implementation of the GW approximation (GWA) based on the all-electron Projector-Augmented-Wave method (PAW) is presented, where the screened Coulomb interaction is computed within the Random Phase Approximation (RPA) instead of the…
The random phase approximation (RPA) is attracting renewed interest as a universal and accurate method for first-principles total energy calculations. The RPA naturally accounts for long-range dispersive forces without compromising accuracy…
GW approximation is one of the most popular parameter-free many-body methods that goes beyond the limitations of the standard density functional theory (DFT) to determine the excitation spectra for moderately correlated materials and in…
We have implemented the so called GW approximation (GWA) based on an all-electron full-potential Projector Augmented Wave (PAW) method. For the screening of the Coulomb interaction W we tested three different plasmon-pole dielectric…
The spectral properties, momentum dispersion, and broadening of bulk plasmonic excitations of 26 elemental metals are studied from first principles calculations in the random-phase approximation. Spectral band structures are constructed…
Many-body perturbation theory methods, such as the $G_0W_0$ approximation, are able to accurately predict quasiparticle (QP) properties of several classes of materials. However, the calculation of the QP band structure of two-dimensional…
We develop a formulation of the coherent potential approximation (CPA) on the basis of the Wannier representation to develop a computationally efficient method for the treatment of homogeneous random alloys that is independent on the…
We develop the plasmon-pole approximation (PPA) theory for calculating the carrier self-energy of extrinsic graphene as a function of doping density within analytical approximations to the $GW$ random phase approximation ($GW$-RPA). Our…
Developing theoretical understanding of complex reactions and processes at interfaces requires using methods that go beyond semilocal density functional theory to accurately describe the interactions between solvent, reactants and…
Functionals of the meta-generalized gradient approximation (MGGA) are nowadays widely used in chemistry and solid-state physics for the simulation of electronic systems like molecules, solids, or surfaces. Due to their dependency on the…
We study the reliability of the constrained random phase approximation (cRPA) method for the calculation of low-energy effective Hamiltonians by considering multi-orbital lattice models with one strongly correlated "target" band and two…
This article reviews two currently available analytic models of the dielectric function of a plasma consisting of quantum particles interacting via Coulomb forces, namely the Random Phase Approximation (RPA) and the Standard (Simple)…
We numerically examine divergences of the total energy in metallic systems of approximate many-body theories using Hartree--Fock as a reference, including perturbative (M\oller-Plesset, MP), coupled cluster (CC) and configuration…
The interferometric technique known as peeling addresses many of the challenges faced when observing with low-frequency radio arrays, and is a promising tool for the associated calibration systems. We investigate a real-time peeling…
Molecule-metal interfaces have a broad range of applications in nanoscale materials science. Accurate characterization of their electronic structures from first-principles is key in understanding material and device properties. The GW…
The Message-Passing Approach (MPA) is the state-of-the-art technique to obtain quasi-analytical predictions for percolation on real complex networks. Besides being intuitive and straightforward, it has the advantage of being mathematically…