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We present a real-space formulation and higher-order finite-difference implementation of periodic Orbital-free Density Functional Theory (OF-DFT). Specifically, utilizing a local reformulation of the electrostatic and kernel terms, we…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-12-23 Swarnava Ghosh , Phanish Suryanarayana

Density functional theory (DFT) provides convenient electronic structure methods for the study of molecular systems and materials. Regular Kohn-Sham DFT calculations rely on unitary transformations to determine the ground-state electronic…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-10-10 Greta Jacobson , Juan M. Marmolejo-Tejada , Martín A. Mosquera

We present a novel quantum algorithm for approximating the ground-state in quantum many-body systems, particularly suited for Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices. Our approach integrates Variational Quantum Eigensolvers (VQE)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-18 Yihao Liu , Min-Quan He , Z. D. Wang

Density Functional Theory (DFT) is one of the most used ab initio theoretical frameworks in materials science. It derives the ground state properties of a multi-atomic ensemble directly from the computation of its one-particle density \nr…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Edoardo Di Napoli , Stefan Blügel , Paolo Bientinesi

We propose a new type of multilevel method for solving eigenvalue problems based on Newton iteration. With the proposed iteration method, solving eigenvalue problem on the finest finite element space is replaced by solving a small scale…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-11-13 Yunhui He , Yu Li , Hehu Xie

Quantum mechanical calculations for material modelling using Kohn-Sham density functional theory (DFT) involve the solution of a nonlinear eigenvalue problem for $N$ smallest eigenvector-eigenvalue pairs with $N$ proportional to the number…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-09-26 Sameer Khadatkar , Phani Motamarri

The self-consistent procedure in electronic structure calculations is revisited using a highly efficient and robust algorithm for solving the non-linear eigenvector problem i.e. H({{\psi}}){\psi} = E{\psi}. This new scheme is derived from a…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Brendan Gavin , Eric Polizzi

The developments of quantum computing algorithms and experiments for atomic scale simulations have largely focused on quantum chemistry for molecules, while their application in condensed matter systems is scarcely explored. Here we present…

It is well known that the self-consistent field (SCF) iteration for solving the Kohn-Sham (KS) equation often fails to converge, yet there is no clear explanation. In this paper, we investigate the SCF iteration from the perspective of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-12-02 Xin Liu , Xiao Wang , Zaiwen Wen , Yaxiang Yuan

Due to efficient scaling with electron number N, density functional theory (DFT) is widely used for studies of large molecules and solids. Restriction of an exact mean-field theory to local potential functions has recently been questioned.…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-24 Robert K. Nesbet

Linear-scaling techniques for Kohn-Sham density functional theory (KS-DFT) are essential to describe the ground state properties of extended systems. Still, these techniques often rely on the locality of the density matrix or on accurate…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-01-25 Ming Chen , Roi Baer , Eran Rabani

Kohn-Sham density functional theory (KS-DFT) has found widespread application in accurate electronic structure calculations. However, it can be computationally demanding especially for large-scale simulations, motivating recent efforts…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-06-25 Feitong Song , Ji Feng

Dynamical Mean Field Theory (DMFT) is one of the powerful computational approaches to study electron correlation effects in solid-state materials and molecules. Its practical applicability is, however, limited by the quantity of numerical…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-12-23 Jannis Ehrlich , Daniel Urban , Christian Elsässer

In this paper, we study a few theoretical issues in the discretized Kohn-Sham (KS) density functional theory (DFT). The equivalence between either a local or global minimizer of the KS total energy minimization problem and the solution to…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-02-21 Xin Liu , Zaiwen Wen , Xiao Wang , Michael Ulbrich , Yaxiang Yuan

The self-consistent field (SCF) iteration, combined with its variants, is one of the most widely used algorithms in quantum chemistry. We propose a procedure to adapt the SCF iteration for the p-Laplacian eigenproblem, which is an important…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-23 Parikshit Upadhyaya , Elias Jarlebring , Francesco Tudisco

In many scientific applications the solution of non-linear differential equations are obtained through the set-up and solution of a number of successive eigenproblems. These eigenproblems can be regarded as a sequence whenever the solution…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2014-07-08 Mario Berljafa , Daniel Wortmann , Edoardo Di Napoli

One of the potential applications of a quantum computer is solving quantum chemical systems. It is known that one of the fastest ways to obtain somewhat accurate solutions classically is to use approximations of density functional theory.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-18 Thomas E. Baker , David Poulin

First-principles calculations combining density-functional theory and continuum solvation models enable realistic theoretical modeling and design of electrochemical systems. When a reaction proceeds in such systems, the number of electrons…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-03-21 Ravishankar Sundararaman , William A. Goddard , Tomas A. Arias

This paper introduces a novel method for eigenvalue computation using a distributed cooperative neural network framework. Unlike traditional techniques that face scalability challenges in large systems, our decentralized algorithm enables…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-20 Ronald Katende

We present a numerical method for grand canonical density functional theory (DFT) tailored to solid-state systems, employing Gaussian-type orbitals as the primary basis. Our approach directly minimizes the grand canonical free energy using…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-10-09 Anton Z. Ni , Adam Rettig , Joonho Lee