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Time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) treats dynamical exchange and correlation (xc) via a single-particle potential, Vxc(r,t), defined as a nonlocal functional of the density n(r',t'). The popular adiabatic local-density…
Adiabatic time-dependent density functional theory fails for excitations of a heteroatomic molecule composed of two open-shell fragments at large separation. Strong frequency-dependence of the exchange-correlation kernel is necessary for…
The dynamic hyperpolarizability of a particle bound by the one-dimensional $\delta$-function potential is obtained in closed form. On the first step, we analyze the singular structure of the non-linear response function as given by the…
We present new ab initio calculations of the electronic structure of various atoms and molecules in strong magnetic fields ranging from B=10^12 G to 2x10^15 G, appropriate for radio pulsars and magnetars. For these field strengths, the…
We have employed time-dependent local-spin density functional theory to analyze the multipole spin and charge density excitations in GaAs-AlGaAs quantum dots. The on-plane transferred momentum degree of freedom has been taken into account,…
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The practical success of density functional theory (DFT) is largely credited to the Kohn-Sham approach, which enables the exact calculation of the non-interacting electron kinetic energy via an auxiliary noninteracting system. Yet, the…