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Approximate exchange-correlation functionals built by modeling in a non-linear way the adiabatic connection (AC) integrand of density functional theory have many attractive features, being virtually parameters-free and satisfying different…
The adiabatic connection interaction strength interpolation (ISI)-like method provides a high-level expression for the correlation energy, being in principle exact in the weak-interaction limit, where it recovers the second-order…
We investigate the construction of approximated exchange-correlation functionals by interpolating locally along the adiabatic connection between the weak- and the strong-coupling regimes, focussing on the effect of using approximate…
We present calculations of the correlation energies of crystalline solids and isolated systems within the adiabatic-connection fluctuation-dissipation formulation of density-functional theory. We perform a quantitative comparison of a set…
Interpolating the exchange-correlation energy along the density-fixed adiabatic connection of density functional theory is a promising way to build approximations that are not biased towards the weakly correlated regime. These…
In recent years, Adiabatic Connection Interpolations developed within Density Functional Theory (DFT) have been found to provide satisfactory performances in the calculation of interaction energies when used with Hartree-Fock (HF)…
The Adiabatic Connection Integrand Interpolation (ACII) method represents a general path for calculating correlation energies in electronic systems within the Den sity Functional Theory. ACII functionals include both exact-exchange and the…
The adiabatic connection curve of density functional theory (DFT) is accurately calculated beyond the physical interaction strength for Hooke's atom, two interacting electrons in a harmonic well potential. Extrapolation of the accurate…
The adiabatic connection of density functional theory (DFT) for electronic systems is generalized here to negative values of the coupling strength $\alpha$ (with {\em attractive} electrons). In the extreme limit $\alpha\to-\infty$ a simple…
A single-term density functional model for nondynamic and strong correlation is presented, based on single-determinant Kohn-Sham density functional theory. It is derived from modeling the adiabatic connection and contains only two nonlinear…
The construction of density-functional approximations is explored by modeling the adiabatic connection em locally, using energy densities defined in terms of the electrostatic potential of the exchange-correlation hole. These local models…
Currently, there is a growing interest in the development of a new hierarchy of methods based on the concept of seniority, which has been introduced quite recently in quantum chemistry. Despite the enormous potential of these methods, the…
Reduced density matrix functional theory (RDMFT) calculations are usually implemented in a decoupled manner, where the orbital and occupation optimizations are repeated alternately. Typically, orbital updates are performed using the unitary…
Modern density functional theory (DFT) calculations employ the Kohn-Sham (KS) system of non-interacting electrons as a reference, with all complications buried in the exchange-correlation energy (Exc). The adiabatic connection formula gives…
We propose a computationally efficient approach to the nonadiabatic time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) which is based on a representation of the frequency-dependent exchange correlation kernel as a response of a set of damped…
Density functional theory (DFT) embedding provides a formally exact framework for interfacing correlated wave-function theory (WFT) methods with lower-level descriptions of electronic structure. Here, we report techniques to improve the…
Diabatic states and the couplings between them are important for quantifying, elucidating, and predicting the rates and mechanisms of many chemical and biochemical processes. Here, we propose and investigate approaches to accurately compute…
Given the omnipresence of non-covalent interactions (NCIs), their accurate simulations are of crucial importance across various scientific disciplines. Here we construct accurate models for the description of NCIs by an interpolation along…
We propose a nonadiabatic time-dependent spin-density functional theory (TDSDFT) approach for studying the single-electron excited states and the ultrafast response of systems with strong electron correlations. The correlations are…
Local density approximation (LDA) to the density functional theory (DFT) has continuous derivative of total energy as a number of electrons function and continuous exchange-correlation potential, while in exact DFT both should be…