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We present a real-space method for computing the random phase approximation (RPA) correlation energy within Kohn-Sham density functional theory, leveraging the low-rank nature of the frequency-dependent density response operator. In…

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We train a neural network as the universal exchange-correlation functional of density-functional theory that simultaneously reproduces both the exact exchange-correlation energy and potential. This functional is extremely non-local, but…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-10-10 Jonathan Schmidt , Carlos L. Benavides-Riveros , Miguel A. L. Marques

The exact formulation of multi-configuration density-functional theory (DFT) is discussed in this work. As an alternative to range-separated methods, where electron correlation effects are split in the coordinate space, the combination of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-02-26 Emmanuel Fromager

One of the most important open challenges in modern Kohn-Sham (KS) density-functional theory (DFT) is the correct treatment of fractional electron charges and spins. Approximate exchange-correlation (XC) functionals struggle to do this in a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-12-24 Jonathan Nafziger , Adam Wasserman

Drawing on the theory of quantum mechanical stress, we introduce the stress density in density functional theory. In analogy with the Chetty-Martin energy density, the stress density provides a spatial resolution of the contributions to the…

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A conceptual difficulty in formulating the density functional theory of the fractional quantum Hall effect is that while in the standard approach the Kohn-Sham orbitals are either fully occupied or unoccupied, the physics of the fractional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-05-12 Jianyun Zhao , Manisha Thakurathi , Manish Jain , Diptiman Sen , J. K. Jain

Accurate exchange-correlation (XC) potentials are essential for density functional theory, yet reliable approximations remain challenging for strongly correlated systems. In this work, we present a quantum algorithmic framework to determine…

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Electronic correlations beyond static mean-field theories are of fundamental importance in describing the properties of complex materials - such as transition-metal oxides - where the low-energy physics is driven by localized d or f…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-03-17 Mario Caserta , Tommaso Chiarotti , Marco Vanzini , Nicola Marzari

Relativistic energy density functionals (REDF) provide a complete and accurate, global description of nuclear structure phenomena. A modern semi-empirical functional, adjusted to the nuclear matter equation of state and to empirical masses…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 V. Prassa , T. Niksic , G. A. Lalazissis , D. Vretenar

We propose a general machine learning-based framework for building an accurate and widely-applicable energy functional within the framework of generalized Kohn-Sham density functional theory. To this end, we develop a way of training…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-12-14 Yixiao Chen , Linfeng Zhang , Han Wang , E Weinan

We introduce a new class of exchange-correlation potentials for a static and time-dependent Density Functional Theory of strongly correlated systems in 3D. The potentials are obtained via Dynamical Mean Field Theory and, for strong enough…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-18 Daniel Karlsson , Antonio Privitera , Claudio Verdozzi

The present work demonstrates a robust protocol for probing localized electronic structure in condensed-phase systems, operating in terms of a recently proposed theory for decomposing the results of Kohn-Sham density functional theory in a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-06-29 Janus J. Eriksen

This paper represents one contribution to a larger Roadmap article reviewing the current status of the FHI-aims code. In this contribution, the implementation of density-functional perturbation theory in a numerical atom-centered framework…

The universal density functional $F$ of density-functional theory is a complicated and ill-behaved function of the density-in particular, $F$ is not differentiable, making many formal manipulations more complicated. Whilst $F$ has been well…

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We present recent developments of the NTChem program for performing large scale hybrid Density Functional Theory calculations on the supercomputer Fugaku. We combine these developments with our recently proposed Complexity Reduction…

Real-time time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is widely considered to be the most accurate available method for calculating electronic stopping powers from first principles, but there have been relatively few assessments of the…

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Double hybrid density functional theory arguably sits on the seamline between wavefunction methods and DFT: it represents a special case of Rung 5 on the "Jacobs Ladder" of John P. Perdew. For large and chemically diverse benchmarks such as…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-10-16 Jan M. L. Martin , Golokesh Santra

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

The exact-exchange relativistic density functional theory (Ex-RDFT) of atomic nuclei has been solved in three-dimensional lattice space for the first time. The exchange energy is treated within the framework of the orbital-dependent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-12-16 Qiang Zhao , Zhengxue Ren , Pengwei Zhao , Kenichi Yoshida