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The Hohenberg-Kohn theorem of density functional theory (DFT) for the case of electrons interacting with an external magnetic field (that couples to spin only) is examined in more detail than previously. A unexpected generalization is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Eschrig , W. E. Pickett

Recent photoabsorption measurements have revealed a rich fine structure in the collective charge-density excitation spectrum of few-electron quantum dots in the presence of magnetic fields. We have performed systematic computational studies…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. A. Ullrich , G. Vignale

We have measured electron transport through a vertical quantum dot containing a tunable number of electrons between 0 and 40. Over some region in magnetic field the electrons are spin polarized and occupy successive angular momentum states,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. H. Oosterkamp , J. W. Janssen , L. P. Kouwenhoven , D. G. Austing , T. Honda , S. Tarucha

We calculate ground state energies in the Brueckner-Hartree-Fock theory for $N$ electrons (with $N\le 20$) confined to a circular quantum dot and in presence of a static magnetic field. Comparison with the predictions of Hartree-Fock,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Emperador , E. Lipparini , Ll. Serra

We present the current-density functional theory for the superconductor immersed in the magnetic field. The order parameter of the superconducting state, transverse component of the paramagnetic current-density, and electron density are…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-10-04 Katsuhiko Higuchi , Masahiko Higuchi

Spin-orbit coupling induces a current density in the ground state, which consequently requires a generalization for meta-generalized gradient approximations. That is, the exchange-correlation energy has to be constructed as an explicit…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-05-09 Yannick J. Franzke , Christof Holzer

The ground states of few electrons confined in two vertically coupled quantum rings in the presence of an external magnetic field are studied systematically within the current spin-density functional theory. Electron-electron interactions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-05 L. K. Castelano , G. -Q. Hai , B. Partoens , F. M. Peeters

In this work we establish a density-functional reformulation of coupled matter-photon problems subject to general external electromagnetic fields and charge currents. We first show that for static minimally-coupled matter-photon systems an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-07 M. Ruggenthaler

We present an alternative to the Kohn-Sham formulation of density functional theory for the ground-state properties of strongly interacting electronic systems. The idea is to start from the limit of zero kinetic energy and systematically…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-13 Paola Gori-Giorgi , Michael Seidl , G. Vignale

We present an extensive comparative study of ground-state densities and pair distribution functions for electrons confined in two-dimensional parabolic quantum dots over a broad range of coupling strength and electron number. We first use…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Gattobigio , P. Capuzzi , M. Polini , R. Asgari , M. P. Tosi

We investigate the electrostatic confinement of charge carriers in a gapped graphene quantum dot in the presence of a magnetic flux. The circular quantum dot is defined by an electrostatic gate potential delimited in an infinite graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-02 Ahmed Bouhlal , Abdelhadi Belouad , Ahmed Jellal , Hocine Bahlouli

We investigate the properties of many-electron systems in two-dimensional polygonal (triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon) potential wells by using the density functional theory. The development of the ground state electronic structure as a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 E. Rasanen , H. Saarikoski , M. J. Puska , R. M. Nieminen

The energy levels of two interacting electrons in a 2D quantum dot confined by a finite Gaussian potential and subjected to a uniform magnetic field perpendicular to the plane of the dot are studied. Analytic results are obtained for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-25 S. Chaudhuri

The density functional theory is used to study the electronic structure of a quantum wire in a magnetic field. The Kohn-Sham equations are solved numerically for different values of electron densities and filling factors. The critical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-16 A. A. Vasilchenko

We present new, ab initio calculations of the electronic structure of one-dimensional infinite chains and three-dimensional condensed matter in strong magnetic fields ranging from B=10^12 G to 2x10^15 G, appropriate for observed magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Zach Medin , Dong Lai

We report on a numerical study of the density matrix functional introduced by Lieb, Solovej and Yngvason for the investigation of heavy atoms in high magnetic fields. This functional describes {\em exactly} the quantum mechanical ground…

atom-ph · Physics 2009-10-28 Kristinn Johnsen , Jakob Yngvason

We study electronic structures of two-dimensional quantum dots in strong magnetic fields using mean-field density-functional theory and exact diagonalization. Our numerically accurate mean-field solutions show a reconstruction of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 H. Saarikoski , A. Harju , M. J. Puska , R. M. Nieminen

One of the central problems in quantum mechanics is to determine the ground state properties of a system of electrons interacting via the Coulomb potential. Since its introduction by Hohenberg, Kohn, and Sham, Density Functional Theory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-09-28 Norbert Schuch , Frank Verstraete

An analysis shows that the ground state of the inhomogeneous system of interacting electrons in the static external field, which satisfies the thermodynamic limit, can be consistently described only using the Green function theory based on…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-09-02 V. B. Bobrov

We present a density-functional theory (DFT) approach to the study of the phase diagram of the maximum density droplet (MDD) in two-dimensional quantum dots in a magnetic field. Within the lowest Landau level (LLL) approximation, analytical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Ferconi , G. Vignale