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We present a formalism for coupling a density functional theory-based quantum simulation to a classical simulation for the treatment of simple metallic systems. The formalism is applicable to multiscale simulations in which the part of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Nicholas Choly , Gang Lu , Weinan E , Efthimios Kaxiras

The multi-component density functional theory is faced with the challenge of capturing various types of inter- and intra-particle exchange-correlation effects beyond those introduced by the conventional electronic exchange-correlation…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2023-12-27 Nahid Sadat Riyahi , Mohammad Goli , Shant Shahbazian

Modeling many-body quantum systems with strong interactions is one of the core challenges of modern physics. A range of methods has been developed to approach this task, each with its own idiosyncrasies, approximations, and realm of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-11-21 Brett Larder , Dirk Gericke , Scott Richardson , Paul Mabey , Thomas White , Gianluca Gregori

According to the Hohenberg-Kohn theorem of density-functional theory (DFT), all observable quantities of systems of interacting electrons can be expressed as functionals of the ground-state density. This includes, in principle, the spin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-09-04 Carsten A. Ullrich

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…

The accurate description of open-shell molecules, in particular of transition metal complexes and clusters, is still an important challenge for quantum chemistry. While density-functional theory (DFT) is widely applied in this area, the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2012-10-26 Christoph R. Jacob , Markus Reiher

Noncollinear (NC) magnetism and spin-orbit coupling (SOC) are indispensable for predictive ab initio materials simulations with pronounced relativistic effects and magnetic frustration, yet they significantly increase the cost of…

Cluster magnetic multipoles are order parameters that describe the symmetry of spin arrangements in magnetic materials. High-order multipoles are particularly important in non-collinear antiferromagnets, where they determine key physical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-01-14 Myoung-Woo Yoo , Axel Hoffmann

In practical implementations of density-functional theory, the only term where an orbital description is needed is the kinetic one. Even this term in principle depends on the density only, but its explicit form is unknown. We provide a…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 L. De Santis , R. Resta

We introduce a formulation of combined systems in orthodox non-relativistic quantum mechanics, mathematically equivalent to the usual one. For context and larger issues, see http://euclid.unh.edu/~jjohnson/axiomatics.html and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Joseph F. Johnson

A general method is described for finding algebraic expressions for matrix elements of any one- and two-particle operator for an arbitrary number of subshells in an atomic configuration, requiring neither coefficients of fractional…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Gaigalas , Z. Rudzikas , C. Froese Fischer

A recently developed formalism in which Kohn-Sham calculations are combined with an ``average pair density functional theory'' is reviewed, and some new properties of the effective electron-electron interaction entering in this formalism…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 Paola Gori-Giorgi , Andreas Savin

By introducing a set of auxiliary equations representing a many-body system, we have derived an extension of the Kohn-Sham scheme for the density functional theory. These equations consist of a Kohn-Sham-type equation determining…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 Koichi Kusakabe

Kohn-Sham spin-density functional theory provides an efficient and accurate model to study electron-electron interaction effects in quantum dots, but its application to large systems is a challenge. An efficient algorithm for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hong Jiang , Harold U. Baranger , Weitao Yang

We generalize the treatment of the electronic spin degrees of freedom in density functional calculations to the case where the spin vector variables employed in the definition of the energy functional can vary in any direction in space. The…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Juan E. Peralta , Gustavo E. Scuseria , Michael J. Frisch

We describe an efficient scheme for evaluating higher order contributions to primordial cosmological perturbations using the "in-in" formalism, which is the basis of modern calculations of non-Gaussian and higher order contributions to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-05 Peter Adshead , Richard Easther , Eugene A. Lim

This work presents a theory to unify the two independent theoretical frameworks of Kohn-Sham (KS) density functional theory (DFT) and reduced density matrix functional theory (RDMFT). The generalization of the KS orbitals to hypercomplex…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-11-18 Neil Qiang Su

Transition-metal compounds (TMCs) with open-shell d-electrons are characterized by a complex interplay of lattice, charge, orbital, and spin degrees of freedom, giving rise to a diverse range of fascinating applications. Often exhibiting…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-19 Yubo Zhang , Akilan Ramasamy , Kanun Pokharel , James W. Furness , Jinliang Ning , Ruiqi Zhang , Jianwei Sun

We present a systematic technique for constructing Lorentz covariant orbital-spin ($LS$) bases for matrix elements of local operators and the associated form factors, thereby extending the traditional multipole expansion to a Lorentz…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-06 Hong Huang , Tuo Tan , Yi-Ning Wang , Jiang-Hao Yu

We develop the embedding formalism for conformal field theories, aimed at doing computations with symmetric traceless operators of arbitrary spin. We use an index-free notation where tensors are encoded by polynomials in auxiliary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-01-26 Miguel S. Costa , Joao Penedones , David Poland , Slava Rychkov