Explicit Particle-number Dependence in Density Functional Theory

With rare exceptions, explicit particle number dependence (Ne-dependence) in approximate density functionals is viewed as a serious deficiency because of apparent size-consistency issues. In contrast, there are multiple manifestations of explicit Ne-dependence indensity functional bounds (including...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Samuel B. Trickey, Alberto Vela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:México
Institución:Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN
Repositorio:Redalyc-CINVESTAV
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:47527856006
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=47527856006
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Química
Kohn
size
Hohenberg
Kohn theory
Sham theory
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Sumario:With rare exceptions, explicit particle number dependence (Ne-dependence) in approximate density functionals is viewed as a serious deficiency because of apparent size-consistency issues. In contrast, there are multiple manifestations of explicit Ne-dependence indensity functional bounds (including the Gázquez-Robles kinetic energy bound), constraints, and approximations. We argue that these constitute inescapable motivation for exploring Ne-dependent approxi- mate functionals. Doing so would be consistent with a mostly-ignored result of Lieb about properties of the universal functional.