This document provides an introduction to density functional theory (DFT), detailing its historical context, key concepts, and foundational theorems such as the Hohenberg-Kohn theorem. It discusses various computational methods and challenges associated with approximating the electronic structure of many-body systems, including the Hartree and Kohn-Sham methods. The tutorial outlines the significance of exchange-correlation effects and the formulation of DFT as a practical approach to solving quantum mechanical problems in physics and chemistry.

1. XXXVIII ENFMC Brazilian Physical Society Meeting
Introduction to
density functional theory
Mariana M. Odashima
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2. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
This tutorial
Introduction to density-functional theory
Context and key concepts (1927-1930)
(Born-Oppenheimer, Hartree, Hartree-Fock, Thomas-Fermi)
Fundamentals (1964-1965)
(Hohenberg-Kohn theorem, Kohn-Sham scheme)
Approximations (≈ 1980-2010)
(local density and generalized gradient approximations (LDA and
GGA), construction of functionals)
Mariana M. Odashima Introduction to density functional theory XXXVIII ENFMC Foz do Iguac¸u 1/76
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Dirac (1929)
“The general theory of quantum mechanics is
now almost complete (...) The underlying physi-
cal laws necessary for the mathematical theory of
a large part of physics and the whole of chemistry
are thus completely known, and the difficulty is
only that the exact application of these laws leads
to equations much too complicated to be soluble.
(...) It therefore becomes desirable that approxi-
mate practical methods of applying quantum me-
chanics should be developed, which can lead to
an explanation of the main features of complex
atomic systems without too much computation.”
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The electronic structure problem
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6. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
The electronic structure problem
Quantum many-body problem
of N interacting electrons: Ψel(r1, r2, ..., rN )
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7. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
The electronic structure problem
Quantum many-body problem
of N interacting electrons: Ψel(r1, r2, ..., rN )
Paradigms: atom / electron gas
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The electronic structure problem
Quantum many-body problem
of N interacting electrons: Ψel(r1, r2, ..., rN )
Paradigms: atom / electron gas
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9. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
The electronic structure problem
Quantum many-body problem
of N interacting electrons: Ψel(r1, r2, ..., rN )
Paradigms: atom / electron gas
Methods based on the wavefunction
(Hartree-Fock, CI, Coupled Cluster, MP2, QMC)
Methods based on the Green’s function, reduced density
matrix, density (density functional theory)
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10. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Hartree’s method
Single-particle Schr¨odinger equation
−
2
2m
2
+ vext(r) + vH (r) ϕi(r) = iϕi(r) ,
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Hartree’s method
Single-particle Schr¨odinger equation
−
2
2m
2
+ vext(r) + vH (r) ϕi(r) = iϕi(r) ,
Mean field potential
vH (r) = e2
d3
r
n(r )
|r − r |
Hartree energy
UH [n] = ΨH | ˆU|ΨH =
e2
2
d3
r d3
r
n(r)n(r )
|r − r |
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Hartree’s method
Single-particle Schr¨odinger equation
−
2
2m
2
+ vext(r) + vH (r) ϕi(r) = iϕi(r) ,
Mean field potential
vH (r) = e2
d3
r
n(r )
|r − r |
Hartree energy
UH [n] = ΨH | ˆU|ΨH =
e2
2
d3
r d3
r
n(r)n(r )
|r − r |
.
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Hartree-Fock
Antisymmetrization in a Slater determinant
ΨHF (r) =
1
√
N!
ϕ1(x1) ϕ1(x2) · · · ϕ1(xN )
ϕ2(x1) ϕ2(x2) · · · ϕ2(xN )
...
...
...
...
ϕN (x1) ϕN (x2) · · · ϕN (xN )
Fock exchange energy (indirect)
Ex = ΨHF | ˆU|ΨHF = −
e2
2 i,j,σ
dr dr
ϕ∗
iσ(r)ϕ∗
jσ(r )ϕiσ(r )ϕjσ(r)
|r − r |
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Thomas-Fermi model
Use the infinite gas of non-interacting electrons with a
uniform density n = n(r) to evaluate the kinetic energy of
atoms, molecules
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15. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Thomas-Fermi model
Use the infinite gas of non-interacting electrons with a
uniform density n = n(r) to evaluate the kinetic energy of
atoms, molecules
TTF [n] = tgas(n(r))n(r)d3
r
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16. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Our tutorial
Introduction to density-functional theory
Context and key concepts (1927-1930)
(Born-Oppenheimer, Hartree, Hartree-Fock, Thomas-Fermi)
Fundamentals (1964-1965)
(Hohenberg-Kohn theorem, Kohn-Sham scheme)
Approximations (≈ 1980-2010)
(local density and generalized gradient approximations (LDA and
GGA), construction of functionals)
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17. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Back to our question
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18. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Back to our question
a program ? a method?
some
obscure
theory?
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Density functional theory (DFT)
Quantum theory based on the density n(r)
wave functions Ψ(r1, r2, ...rN )
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20. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Density functional theory (DFT)
Quantum theory based on the density n(r)
wave functions Ψ(r1, r2, ...rN )
Single-particle Kohn-Sham equations
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Density functional theory (DFT)
Quantum theory based on the density n(r)
wave functions Ψ(r1, r2, ...rN )
Single-particle Kohn-Sham equations
Electronic structure boom: Nobel Prize to
W.Kohn/J.Pople
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22. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Density functional theory (DFT)
Quantum theory based on the density n(r)
wave functions Ψ(r1, r2, ...rN )
Single-particle Kohn-Sham equations
Electronic structure boom: Nobel Prize to
W.Kohn/J.Pople
Hohenberg-Kohn theorem: Ψ(r1, r2, ..., rN ) ⇔ n(r)
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23. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Density functional theory (DFT)
Quantum theory based on the density n(r)
wave functions Ψ(r1, r2, ...rN )
Single-particle Kohn-Sham equations
Electronic structure boom: Nobel Prize to
W.Kohn/J.Pople
Hohenberg-Kohn theorem: Ψ(r1, r2, ..., rN ) ⇔ n(r)
Which means,
Ψ(r) = Ψ[n(r)]
observables = observables[n(r)]
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Hohenberg-Kohn (1964)
Phys. Rev. 136 B864 (1964).
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25. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
After THK
From the ground-state density it is possible, in principle, to
calculate the corresponding wave functions and all its
observables.
However: the Hohenberg-Kohn theorem does not
provide any means to actually calculate them.
We have DFT in theory, now, in practice?...
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26. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
After THK
From the ground-state density it is possible, in principle, to
calculate the corresponding wave functions and all its
observables.
However: the Hohenberg-Kohn theorem does not
provide any means to actually calculate them.
We have DFT in theory, now, in practice?...
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After THK
arXiv:1403.5164
“By the late fall of 1964, Kohn was thinking about alternative
ways to transform the theory he and Hohenberg had developed
into a practical scheme for atomic, molecular, and solid state
calculations. Happily, he was very well acquainted with an
approximate approach to the many-electron problem that was
notably superior to the Thomas-Fermi method, at least for the
case of atoms. This was a theory proposed by Douglas Hartree in
1923 which exploited the then just-published Schr¨odinger equation
in a heuristic way to calculate the orbital wave functions φk(r), the
electron binding energies k, and the charge density n(r) of an
N-electron atom. Hartree’s theory transcended Thomas-Fermi
theory primarily by its use of the exact quantum-mechanical
expression for the kinetic energy of independent electrons.”
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28. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
After THK
Kohn believed the Hartree equations could be an example of
the HK variational principle.
He knew the self-consistent scheme and that it could give an
approximate density
So he suggested to his new post-doc, Lu Sham, that he try to
derive the Hartree equations from the Hohenberg-Kohn
formalism.
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29. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
After THK
Kohn believed the Hartree equations could be an example of
the HK variational principle.
He knew the self-consistent scheme and that it could give an
approximate density
So he suggested to his new post-doc, Lu Sham, that he try to
derive the Hartree equations from the Hohenberg-Kohn
formalism.
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30. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
After THK
Kohn believed the Hartree equations could be an example of
the HK variational principle.
He knew the self-consistent scheme and that it could give an
approximate density
So he suggested to his new post-doc, Lu Sham, that he try to
derive the Hartree equations from the Hohenberg-Kohn
formalism.
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31. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Kohn-Sham approach/scheme
Auxiliary non-interacting system
Single-particle equations
−
2 2
2m
+ vKS (r) ϕk(r) = kϕk(r)
Effective potential
vKS (r) = vext(r) + vH (r) + vxc(r)
Formally: constraint on the ground-state density
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Kohn-Sham kindergarden
Interacting
(complicated)
Ficticious non-interacting
under effective field
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Outline
1 Review of our problem
2 Review of HK-KS
3 Exchange-correlation
4 LDA and GGA
5 Construction
6 Challenges
7 Final Remarks
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Exchange-correlation
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Exchange-correlation
arXiv:1403.5164
“As trained solid-state physicists, Hohenberg and Kohn knew
that the entire history of research on the quantum mechanical
many-electron problem could be interpreted as attempts to
identify and quantify the physical effects described by this
universal density functional.” For example, many years of
approximate quantum mechanical calculations for atoms and
molecules had established that the phenomenon of exchange -
a consequence of the Pauli exclusion principle - contributes
significantly to the potential energy part of U[n]. Exchange
reduces the Coulomb potential energy of the system by tending
to keep electrons with parallel spin spatially separated.”.
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Universal functional
Energy functional: Kinetic + Coulomb + External
E[n] = T[n] + U[n] + V [n]
We can define a universal F[n]
F[n] = T[n] + U[n]
which is the same independent of your system. Our task is
approximate U[n], the many-particle problem.
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Exchange-correlation
arXiv:1403.5164
“As trained solid-state physicists, Hohenberg and Kohn knew
that the entire history of research on the quantum mechanical
many-electron problem could be interpreted as attempts to
identify and quantify the physical effects described by this
universal density functional. For example, many years of
approximate quantum mechanical calculations for atoms and
molecules had established that the phenomenon of exchange -
a consequence of the Pauli exclusion principle - contributes
significantly to the potential energy part of U[n].Exchange
reduces the Coulomb potential energy of the system by tending
to keep electrons with parallel spin spatially separated.”
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38. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Exchange-correlation
arXiv:1403.5164
“As trained solid-state physicists, Hohenberg and Kohn knew
that the entire history of research on the quantum mechanical
many-electron problem could be interpreted as attempts to
identify and quantify the physical effects described by this
universal density functional. For example, many years of
approximate quantum mechanical calculations for atoms and
molecules had established that the phenomenon of exchange -
a consequence of the Pauli exclusion principle - contributes
significantly to the potential energy part of U[n]. Exchange
reduces the Coulomb potential energy of the system by tending
to keep electrons with parallel spin spatially separated.”
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39. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Coulomb energy
Coulomb energy
U[n] = UH [n] + Ex[n] +
where
UH [n] =
e2
2
d3
r d3
r
n(r)n(r )
|r − r |
.
is the electrostatic, mean field repulsion, and
Ex[ϕ[n]] = −
e2
2 i,j,σ
d3
r d3
r
ϕ∗
iσ(r)ϕ∗
jσ(r )ϕiσ(r )ϕjσ(r)
|r − r |
is the exchange energy due to the Pauli principle.
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Coulomb energy
Coulomb energy
U[n] = UH [n] + Ex[n] +
where
UH [n] =
e2
2
d3
r d3
r
n(r)n(r )
|r − r |
.
is the electrostatic, mean field repulsion, and
Ex[ϕ[n]] = −
e2
2 i,j,σ
d3
r d3
r
ϕ∗
iσ(r)ϕ∗
jσ(r )ϕiσ(r )ϕjσ(r)
|r − r |
is the exchange energy due to the Pauli principle.
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On correlation
arXiv:1403.5164
Coulomb energy
U[n] = UH [n] + Ex[n] +
“The remaining potential energy part of U[n] takes account of
short-range correlation effects.
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On correlation
arXiv:1403.5164
Coulomb energy
U[n] = UH [n] + Ex[n] +
“The remaining potential energy part of U[n] takes account of
short-range correlation effects. Correlation also reduces the
Coulomb potential energy by tending to keep all pairs of
electrons spatially separated.”
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43. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
On correlation
arXiv:1403.5164
Coulomb energy
U[n] = UH [n] + Ex[n] + Ec[n]
“The remaining potential energy part of U[n] takes account of
short-range correlation effects. Correlation also reduces the
Coulomb potential energy by tending to keep all pairs of
electrons spatially separated.”
Correlation energy: Ec < 0
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On correlation
arXiv:1403.5164
Coulomb energy
U[n] = UH [n] + Ex[n] + Ec[n]
“Note for future reference that the venerable Hartree-Fock
approximation takes account of the kinetic energy and the
exchange energy exactly but (by definition) takes no account
of the correlation energy”.
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45. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
On correlation
arXiv:1403.5164
Coulomb energy
U[n] = UH [n] + Ex[n] + Ec[n]
“Note for future reference that the venerable Hartree-Fock
approximation takes account of the kinetic energy and the
exchange energy exactly but (by definition) takes no account
of the correlation energy”.
Hartree-Fock energy
EHF
[n] = Ts[ϕ[n]] + V [n] + UH [n] + Ex[ϕ[n]]
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46. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Exchange-correlation in DFT
Kohn-Sham effective potential:
vKS (r) = vext(r) + vH (r) + vxc(r)
Our task is to find vxc, preferrably as a functional of the density.
Orbital functionals bring non-locality (integrals over r and r ).
So, in the Kohn-Sham DFT, we recast the many-particle problem
in finding xc potentials.
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47. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Exchange-correlation in DFT
Total energy
E[n] = T[n] + V [n] + U[n]
= Ts[ϕi[n]] + V [n] + UH [n] + Exc[n]
Some approximations: single-particle kinetic and Hartree.
Leave the corrections (T − Ts and U − UH ) to the Exc.
Ts[ϕi[n]] = −
2
2m
N
i
d3
rϕ∗
i (r) 2
ϕi(r)
UH [n] =
e2
2
d3
r d3
r
n(r)n(r )
| r − r |
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48. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Exchange-correlation energy
The exchange-correlation energy Exc is the new clothing of the
many-body problem
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49. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Exchange-correlation energy
The exchange-correlation energy Exc is the new clothing of the
many-body problem
exchange: Pauli principle
correlation: kinetic and Coulombic contributions beyond
single-particle (one Slater determinant)
xc = “nature’s glue” that binds matter together (Exc < 0)
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50. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Exchange-correlation energy
“Electrons moving through the density
swerve to avoid one another, like shoppers
in a mall.”
“The resulting reduction of the potential energy of mutual
Coulomb repulsion is the main contribution to the negative
exchange-correlation energy. The swerving motion also makes a
small positive kinetic energy contribution to the correlation energy”
J.Perdew et al. in J. Chem. Theory Comput. 5, 902 (2009).
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51. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Exchange-correlation energy
In Kohn-Sham DFT, the exchange-correlation energy Exc[n] holds
the main difficulty of the many-body problem.
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52. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Exchange-correlation energy
In Kohn-Sham DFT, the exchange-correlation energy Exc[n] holds
the main difficulty of the many-body problem.
Now, how to construct an approximate Exc[n]?
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53. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Outline
1 Review of our problem
2 Review of HK-KS
3 Exchange-correlation
4 LDA and GGA
5 Construction
6 Challenges
7 Final Remarks
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54. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
State-of-the-art
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55. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Back in 65
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56. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Back in 65
Introduce KS equations
Explore possible Exc
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57. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Density functional
Starting point: electron gas
Exc = d3
rexc[n]n(r) (exc: energy density per particle)
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58. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Thomas-Fermi-Dirac spirit
Using the paradigm of an uniform, homogeneous system to
help with inhomogeneous problems
E ≈ ETFD
[n] = TLDA
s [n] + UH [n] + ELDA
x + V [n] .
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59. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Local density approximation (LDA)
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60. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Local density approximation (LDA)
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61. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Local density approximation (LDA)
ELDA
xc [n] = d3
r ehom
xc (n(r))
ehom
xc (n) = ehom
x (n) + ehom
c (n)
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Local density approximation (LDA)
ELDA
xc [n] = d3
r ehom
xc (n(r))
ehom
xc (n) = ehom
x (n) + ehom
c (n)
For the homogeneous electron gas, we have the expression of the
Dirac exchange energy
ehom
x (n) = −
3
4
3
π
1/3
n4/3
,
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63. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Local density approximation (LDA)
ELDA
xc [n] = d3
r ehom
xc (n(r))
ehom
xc (n) = ehom
x (n) + ehom
c (n)
For the homogeneous electron gas, we have the expression of the
Dirac exchange energy
ehom
x (n) = −
3
4
3
π
1/3
n4/3
,
For ehom
c ?
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64. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Local density approximation (LDA)
ELDA
xc [n] = d3
r ehom
xc (n(r))
ehom
xc (n) = ehom
x (n) + ehom
c (n)
For the homogeneous electron gas, we have the expression of the
Dirac exchange energy
ehom
x (n) = −
3
4
3
π
1/3
n4/3
,
For ehom
c ? Monte Carlo Quˆantico → parametrizations
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65. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Local density approximation (LDA)
ELDA
xc [n] = d3
r ehom
xc (n(r))
ehom
xc (n) = ehom
x (n) + ehom
c (n)
For the homogeneous electron gas, we have the expression of the
Dirac exchange energy
ehom
x (n) = −
3
4
3
π
1/3
n4/3
,
For ehom
c ? Monte Carlo Quˆantico → parametrizations
ePW92
c = −2c0(1+α1rs)ln 1 +
1
2c1(β1r
1/2
s + β2rs + β3r
3/2
s + β4r2
s )
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66. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Parametrizations of the correlation energy
E.g.: low-density limit of the electron gas
ec(rs) = −e2 d0
rs
+
d1
r
3/2
s
+
d2
r4
s
+ ... rs → ∞ ,
Wigner’s parametrization (1934):
eW
c (rs) = −
0.44e2
7.8 + rs
.
W (Wigner-1934)
BR (Brual Rothstein-1978)
vBH (von Barth e
Hedin-1972)
GL (Gunnarson e
Lundqvist-1976)
VWN (Vosko, Wilk e
Nusair-1980)
PZ (Perdew e Zunger-1981)
PW92 (Perdew e
Wang-1992)
EHTY (Endo et al-1999)
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67. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Next step: Inhomogeneities, gradient of the density
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68. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Gradient expansion approximation (GEA)
Systematic corrections to LDA for slowly varying densities
Inhomogeneities captured by “reduced density gradients”
Ex[n] = Ax d3
r n4/3
[1+µs2
+...]
Ec[n] = d3
r n[ec(n)+β(n)t2
+...]
where s =
| n|
2kF n
e t =
| n|
2ksn
Truncated expansion leads to violation of sum rules
For atoms, exchange improves over LDA, but not correlation (gets
even positive)
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69. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Generalized gradient approximation (GGA)
GEA successor; widened the applications of DFT in quantum
chemistry
EGGA
xc [n] = d3
r f (n(r), n(r))
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70. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Generalized gradient approximation (GGA)
GEA successor; widened the applications of DFT in quantum
chemistry
EGGA
xc [n] = d3
r f (n(r), n(r))
Ma e Brueckner (1968): first GGA, empirical parameter corrects positive
correlation energies
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71. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Generalized gradient approximation (GGA)
GEA successor; widened the applications of DFT in quantum
chemistry
EGGA
xc [n] = d3
r f (n(r), n(r))
Ma e Brueckner (1968): first GGA, empirical parameter corrects positive
correlation energies
Langreth e Mehl (1983): random-phase approximation helps corrections;
correlation cutoff; semiempirical
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72. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Generalized gradient approximation (GGA)
GEA successor; widened the applications of DFT in quantum
chemistry
EGGA
xc [n] = d3
r f (n(r), n(r))
Ma e Brueckner (1968): first GGA, empirical parameter corrects positive
correlation energies
Langreth e Mehl (1983): random-phase approximation helps corrections;
correlation cutoff; semiempirical
Perdew e Wang (PW86): LM83 extended without empiricism, lower
exchange errors of LDA to 1-10%
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73. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Generalized gradient approximation (GGA)
GEA successor; widened the applications of DFT in quantum
chemistry
EGGA
xc [n] = d3
r f (n(r), n(r))
Ma e Brueckner (1968): first GGA, empirical parameter corrects positive
correlation energies
Langreth e Mehl (1983): random-phase approximation helps corrections;
correlation cutoff; semiempirical
Perdew e Wang (PW86): LM83 extended without empiricism, lower
exchange errors of LDA to 1-10%
Becke (B88): correct assintotic behavior of exchange energy; fitted
parameter from atomic energies
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74. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Generalized gradient approximation (GGA)
GEA successor; widened the applications of DFT in quantum
chemistry
EGGA
xc [n] = d3
r f (n(r), n(r))
Ma e Brueckner (1968): first GGA, empirical parameter corrects positive
correlation energies
Langreth e Mehl (1983): random-phase approximation helps corrections;
correlation cutoff; semiempirical
Perdew e Wang (PW86): LM83 extended without empiricism, lower
exchange errors of LDA to 1-10%
Becke (B88): correct assintotic behavior of exchange energy; fitted
parameter from atomic energies
PW91: same Becke’s Fxc idea, impose correlation cutoff, and a good
parametrization of correlation (PW92). Attempts to obey as many
universal constraints as possible. No empirical parameters.
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75. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Generalized gradient approximation (GGA)
GEA successor; widened the applications of DFT in quantum
chemistry
EGGA
xc [n] = d3
r f (n(r), n(r))
Ma e Brueckner (1968): first GGA, empirical parameter corrects positive
correlation energies
Langreth e Mehl (1983): random-phase approximation helps corrections;
correlation cutoff; semiempirical
Perdew e Wang (PW86): LM83 extended without empiricism, lower
exchange errors of LDA to 1-10%
Becke (B88): correct assintotic behavior of exchange energy; fitted
parameter from atomic energies
PW91: same Becke’s Fxc idea, impose correlation cutoff, and a good
parametrization of correlation (PW92). Attempts to obey as many
universal constraints as possible. No empirical parameters.
PBE GGA was announced as “GGA made simple”, PW91 substitute
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76. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
State-of-the-art
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77. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof GGA (1996)
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78. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Visualizing GGAs non-locality
Enhancement factor Fxc:
EGGA
xc [n] ≈ d3
r n Fxc(rs, ζ, s) ex(rs, ζ = 0)
Captures the effects of
correlation (through rs)
spin polarization (ζ)
density inhomogeneity (through the reduced density gradient s).
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79. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Example: PBE exchange
FPBE
x (s) = 1 + κ −
κ
1 + µ
κ s2
,
µ = π2
βGE
/3, so that there will be a cancellation of the exchange
and correlation gradients, and the jellium result is recovered.
βGE
comes from the second-order gradient expansion in the limit of
slowly-varying densities
κ is fixed by the Lieb-Oxford bound
s is the “reduced density gradient”
s =
| n|
2(3π2)1/3n4/3
=
| n|
2kF n
,
which corresponds to a inhomogeneity parameter, measuring how fast the
density changes in the scale of the Fermi wavelength 2π/kF .
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80. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Exchange enhancement factors
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81. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
PBE: “GGA made simple”
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82. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Outline
1 Review of our problem
2 Review of HK-KS
3 Exchange-correlation
4 LDA and GGA
5 Construction
6 Challenges
7 Final Remarks
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83. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Two construction approaches
Fitting empirical parameters
E.g.: B3LYP (A. Becke on the right)
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84. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Two construction approaches
Fitting empirical parameters
E.g.: B3LYP (A. Becke on the right)
Inserting exact constraints (↔ J. Perdew)
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85. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Two construction approaches
Fitting empirical parameters
E.g.: B3LYP (A. Becke on the right)
Inserting exact constraints (↔ J. Perdew)
n = uniform → LDA
n ≈ uniform → LDA + O( ) = GEA
Ex < 0, Ec 0
Uniform density scaling
Spin scaling
One-electron limit
Derivative discontinuity
Lower bounds
Ex.: PW86, PW91, PBE
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86. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Constraint satisfaction
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87. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Constraint satisfaction
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88. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
State-of-the-art
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89. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
State-of-the-art
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90. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Beyond LDA and GGA
Meta-GGA: + non-interacting kinetic energy density τ. Ex: TPSS, PKZB
EMGGA
xc [n] = d3
rf (n(r), n(r), τ[n])
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91. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Beyond LDA and GGA
Meta-GGA: + non-interacting kinetic energy density τ. Ex: TPSS, PKZB
EMGGA
xc [n] = d3
rf (n(r), n(r), τ[n])
Hiper-GGA: + exact exchange energy density ex
EHGGA
xc [n] = d3
rf (n(r), n(r), τ[n], ex[n]) ,
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92. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Beyond LDA and GGA
Meta-GGA: + non-interacting kinetic energy density τ. Ex: TPSS, PKZB
EMGGA
xc [n] = d3
rf (n(r), n(r), τ[n])
Hiper-GGA: + exact exchange energy density ex
EHGGA
xc [n] = d3
rf (n(r), n(r), τ[n], ex[n]) ,
Hybrids: mix of exact exchange Ex with ELDA
x and Eaprox
c . Ex: B3LYP
Ehib
xc [n] = aEexact
x + (1 − a)ELDA
x [n] + Eaprox
c
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93. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Beyond LDA and GGA functionals
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94. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Systematic improvement?
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95. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Systematic improvement?
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96. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Systematic trends?
Consider
Localized vs extended densities; covalent and ionic bonds
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97. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Systematic trends?
Consider
Localized vs extended densities; covalent and ionic bonds
Systematic trends between LDA e PBE; between GGAs e
hybrids
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98. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Systematic trends?
Consider
Localized vs extended densities; covalent and ionic bonds
Systematic trends between LDA e PBE; between GGAs e
hybrids
Example: lattice constants
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99. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Systematic trends?
Consider
Localized vs extended densities; covalent and ionic bonds
Systematic trends between LDA e PBE; between GGAs e
hybrids
Example: lattice constants
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100. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Systematic trends?
Consider
Localized vs extended densities; covalent and ionic bonds
Systematic trends between LDA e PBE; between GGAs e
hybrids
Example: lattice constants
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101. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Outline
1 Review of our problem
2 Review of HK-KS
3 Exchange-correlation
4 LDA and GGA
5 Construction
6 Challenges
7 Final Remarks
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102. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
DFT downsides
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103. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
DFT downsides
DFT is variational, not perturbative: no systematic
improvement
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104. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
DFT downsides
DFT is variational, not perturbative: no systematic
improvement
Kohn-Sham quantities lack physical meaning
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105. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
DFT downsides
DFT is variational, not perturbative: no systematic
improvement
Kohn-Sham quantities lack physical meaning
In principle, everything can be extracted from the density;
however, there is no prescription for building the HK or xc
density functional
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106. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
DFA downsides (density-functional approximations)
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107. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
DFA downsides (density-functional approximations)
No prescription for building the xc density functional
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108. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
DFA downsides (density-functional approximations)
No prescription for building the xc density functional
Combining exact constraints: arbitrary forms
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109. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
DFA downsides (density-functional approximations)
No prescription for building the xc density functional
Combining exact constraints: arbitrary forms
Single-particle and electron gas paradigm may not be
enough
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110. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
DFA downsides (density-functional approximations)
No prescription for building the xc density functional
Combining exact constraints: arbitrary forms
Single-particle and electron gas paradigm may not be
enough
Often we miss the condensed-matter richness: strong
correlations, excitations, dispersion forces, relativistic
effects
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111. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
What typical functionals miss
Strong correlations
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112. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
What typical functionals miss
Strong correlations
Dispersion forces
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113. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
What typical functionals miss
Strong correlations
Dispersion forces
Band gaps
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114. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
What typical functionals miss
Strong correlations
Dispersion forces
Band gaps Charge-transfer
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115. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
What is wrong in our approximations?
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116. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
There are different problems that arise in common density
functional approximations.
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117. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
There are different problems that arise in common density
functional approximations.
I will quickly comment two of them.
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118. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
There are different problems that arise in common density
functional approximations.
I will quickly comment two of them.
Self-interaction error and delocalization error
Derivative discontinuity
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119. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Self-interaction error
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120. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Self-interaction error
Take your functional and evaluate it for a one-electron density.
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121. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Self-interaction error
Take your functional and evaluate it for a one-electron density.
In principle, if you have one electron, there is no Coulomb
interaction and you should have
U[n(1)
] = 0
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122. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Self-interaction error
Take your functional and evaluate it for a one-electron density.
In principle, if you have one electron, there is no Coulomb
interaction and you should have
U[n(1)
] = 0
this means that
UH [n(1)
] + Ex[n(1)
] + Ec[n(1)
] = 0
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123. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Self-interaction error
Take your functional and evaluate it for a one-electron density.
In principle, if you have one electron, there is no Coulomb
interaction and you should have
U[n(1)
] = 0
this means that
UH [n(1)
] + Ex[n(1)
] + Ec[n(1)
] = 0
However, many common functionals have a spurious error, called
self-interaction, leaving a small amount of extra charge. This is a
problem that affects strongly correlated systems.
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124. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Delocalization error
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125. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Delocalization error
Consider a system of N electrons.
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126. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Delocalization error
Consider a system of N electrons.
If I add or remove one electron, it was proved [Perdew et al 1982]
that the total energy behaves linearly with N:
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127. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Delocalization error
Consider a system of N electrons.
If I add or remove one electron, it was proved [Perdew et al 1982]
that the total energy behaves linearly with N:
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128. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Delocalization error
Consider a system of N electrons.
If I add or remove one electron, it was proved [Perdew et al 1982]
that the total energy behaves linearly with N:
However, common density functionals behave concavely,
sometimes favoring fractional configurations. This affects problems
of charge transfer in molecules or electronic transport.
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129. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
There are several illnesses that arise from the KS picture and
common density functional approximations.
I will quickly comment two of them.
Self-interaction error and delocalization error
Derivative discontinuity
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130. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Derivative discontinuity (I)
As we observed, the derivative of energy changes discontinuosly
when we change the particle number:
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Derivative discontinuity (I)
As we observed, the derivative of energy changes discontinuosly
when we change the particle number:
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Derivative discontinuity (I)
As we observed, the derivative of energy changes discontinuosly
when we change the particle number:
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133. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Derivative discontinuity and the fundamental gap
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Derivative discontinuity and the fundamental gap
The fundamental gap in solid-state physics (photoemission gap, 2x
chemical hardness) is defined by
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Derivative discontinuity and the fundamental gap
The fundamental gap in solid-state physics (photoemission gap, 2x
chemical hardness) is defined by
Fundamental gap: Ionization potential - Electron affinity
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136. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Derivative discontinuity and the fundamental gap
The fundamental gap in solid-state physics (photoemission gap, 2x
chemical hardness) is defined by
Fundamental gap: Ionization potential - Electron affinity
Ionization potential:
I = E(N−1)−E(N) = −
∂E
∂N N−δN
Electron affinity:
A = E(N)−E(N+1) = −
∂E
∂N N+δN
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137. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Derivative discontinuity in our energy functional
In our density functional, the discontinuity will also appear
E[n] = Ts[n] + UH [n] + V [n] + Exc[n]
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138. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Derivative discontinuity in our energy functional
In our density functional, the discontinuity will also appear
E[n] = Ts[n] + UH [n] + V [n] + Exc[n]
The discontinuous kinetic part is called Kohn-Sham non-interacing
gap, and the xc part is the derivative discontinuity, the many-body
correction to the Kohn-Sham non-interacting gap.
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139. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Derivative discontinuity in our energy functional
In our density functional, the discontinuity will also appear
E[n] = Ts[n] + UH [n] + V [n] + Exc[n]
The discontinuous kinetic part is called Kohn-Sham non-interacing
gap, and the xc part is the derivative discontinuity, the many-body
correction to the Kohn-Sham non-interacting gap.
∆L =
δExc[n]
δn(r) N+δN
−
δExc[n]
δn(r) N−δN
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140. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Derivative discontinuity in our energy functional
In our density functional, the discontinuity will also appear
E[n] = Ts[n] + UH [n] + V [n] + Exc[n]
The discontinuous kinetic part is called Kohn-Sham non-interacing
gap, and the xc part is the derivative discontinuity, the many-body
correction to the Kohn-Sham non-interacting gap.
∆L =
δExc[n]
δn(r) N+δN
−
δExc[n]
δn(r) N−δN
The fundamental gap (I-A) is given by the sum
∆fund = ∆KS + ∆L
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141. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Kohn-Sham gap vs fundamental gap
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Kohn-Sham gap vs fundamental gap
Therefore the Kohn-Sham gap is not equal to the fundamental gap.
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143. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Kohn-Sham gap vs fundamental gap
Therefore the Kohn-Sham gap is not equal to the fundamental gap.
Most functionals show no derivative discontinuity jump.
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144. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Kohn-Sham gap vs fundamental gap
Therefore the Kohn-Sham gap is not equal to the fundamental gap.
Most functionals show no derivative discontinuity jump.
Ex. LDA:
adapted from PRL 107, 183002 (2011).
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145. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Kohn-Sham gap vs fundamental gap
Therefore the Kohn-Sham gap is not equal to the fundamental gap.
Most functionals show no derivative discontinuity jump.
Ex. LDA:
PRL 96, 226402 (2006).
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146. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Some observations on KS quantities
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147. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Some observations on KS quantities
The price for the simplification of the problem is that Kohn-Sham
is an auxiliary tool.
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148. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Some observations on KS quantities
The price for the simplification of the problem is that Kohn-Sham
is an auxiliary tool.
The KS mapping gives you the energy and ground-state density.
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149. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Some observations on KS quantities
The price for the simplification of the problem is that Kohn-Sham
is an auxiliary tool.
The KS mapping gives you the energy and ground-state density.
There is no proof that the KS quantities have a physical meaning,
with few exceptions.
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150. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Some observations on KS quantities
The price for the simplification of the problem is that Kohn-Sham
is an auxiliary tool.
The KS mapping gives you the energy and ground-state density.
There is no proof that the KS quantities have a physical meaning,
with few exceptions.
The KS gap is not equal to the fundamental gap, and the
eigenvalues are not quasiparticle spectra.
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151. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Some observations on KS quantities
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152. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Some observations on KS quantities
Nonetheless, the KS eigenvalues can be a very good approximation
to the quasiparticle spectrum.
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153. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Some observations on KS quantities
Nonetheless, the KS eigenvalues can be a very good approximation
to the quasiparticle spectrum.
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General recommendations
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155. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
General recommendations
Functionals families (LDA,GGA,MGGA,hybrids):
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General recommendations
Functionals families (LDA,GGA,MGGA,hybrids):
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157. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
General recommendations
Functionals families (LDA,GGA,MGGA,hybrids):
Important to know the functional proposal and its
improvements
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158. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
General recommendations
Functionals families (LDA,GGA,MGGA,hybrids):
Important to know the functional proposal and its
improvements
Check previous literature on the atomic, bulk trends, their
character and problems
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159. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
General recommendations
Functionals families (LDA,GGA,MGGA,hybrids):
Important to know the functional proposal and its
improvements
Check previous literature on the atomic, bulk trends, their
character and problems
When possible, confrontation with experimental or highly
accurate methods
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160. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Outline
1 Review of our problem
2 Review of HK-KS
3 Exchange-correlation
4 LDA and GGA
5 Construction
6 Challenges
7 Final Remarks
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161. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Timeline
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162. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Timeline
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163. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
DFT Impact
Citation Statistics from 110 Years of Physical Review (1893 - 2003)
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164. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
DFT Impact
Citation Statistics from 110 Years of Physical Review (1893 - 2003)
(Physics Today, p.49 Junho 2005)
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165. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Back to the electronic structure spirit
“Where solid-state physics has
Fermi energy, chemical potential,
band gap, density of states, and
local density of states, quantum
chemistry has ionization potential,
electron affinity, hardness, softness,
and local softness. Much more too.
DFT is a single language that covers
atoms, molecules, clusters, surfaces,
and solids.”
Robert Parr
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166. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Back to the electronic structure spirit
“Where solid-state physics has
Fermi energy, chemical potential,
band gap, density of states, and
local density of states, quantum
chemistry has ionization potential,
electron affinity, hardness, softness,
and local softness. Much more too.
DFT is a single language that covers
atoms, molecules, clusters, surfaces,
and solids.”
Robert Parr
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167. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Back to the electronic structure spirit
“Where solid-state physics has
Fermi energy, chemical potential,
band gap, density of states, and
local density of states, quantum
chemistry has ionization potential,
electron affinity, hardness, softness,
and local softness. Much more too.
DFT is a single language that covers
atoms, molecules, clusters, surfaces,
and solids.”
Robert Parr
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168. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Back to the electronic structure spirit
“Where solid-state physics has
Fermi energy, chemical potential,
band gap, density of states, and
local density of states, quantum
chemistry has ionization potential,
electron affinity, hardness, softness,
and local softness. Much more too.
DFT is a single language that covers
atoms, molecules, clusters, surfaces,
and solids.”
Robert Parr
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169. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Back to the electronic structure spirit
“Where solid-state physics has
Fermi energy, chemical potential,
band gap, density of states, and
local density of states, quantum
chemistry has ionization potential,
electron affinity, hardness, softness,
and local softness. Much more too.
DFT is a single language that covers
atoms, molecules, clusters, surfaces,
and solids.”
Robert Parr
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170. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
1964/65-2015
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171. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
1964/65-2015
Hohenberg-Kohn ’64:
Kohn-Sham ’65:
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Walter Kohn
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173. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Walter Kohn
Born in 1923, in a jew middle-class family
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174. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Walter Kohn
Born in 1923, in a jew middle-class family
World War II: fled to England with help of
family friends -wishing to become a farmer
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175. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Walter Kohn
Born in 1923, in a jew middle-class family
World War II: fled to England with help of
family friends -wishing to become a farmer
First interned in British camps for “enemy
aliens”
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176. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Walter Kohn
Born in 1923, in a jew middle-class family
World War II: fled to England with help of
family friends -wishing to become a farmer
First interned in British camps for “enemy
aliens”
In Canadian camps, supported by Red Cross, studies math
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177. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Walter Kohn
Born in 1923, in a jew middle-class family
World War II: fled to England with help of
family friends -wishing to become a farmer
First interned in British camps for “enemy
aliens”
In Canadian camps, supported by Red Cross, studies math
Working as lumberjacks, earning 20 cents per day, buys
Slater’s book “Chemical Physics”
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178. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Walter Kohn
Born in 1923, in a jew middle-class family
World War II: fled to England with help of
family friends -wishing to become a farmer
First interned in British camps for “enemy
aliens”
In Canadian camps, supported by Red Cross, studies math
Working as lumberjacks, earning 20 cents per day, buys
Slater’s book “Chemical Physics”
Joins the Canadian army and gets a BS degree in Applied
Mathematics
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179. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Walter Kohn
Born in 1923, in a jew middle-class family
World War II: fled to England with help of
family friends -wishing to become a farmer
First interned in British camps for “enemy
aliens”
In Canadian camps, supported by Red Cross, studies math
Working as lumberjacks, earning 20 cents per day, buys
Slater’s book “Chemical Physics”
Joins the Canadian army and gets a BS degree in Applied
Mathematics
Finishes a crash master’s course and applies for PhDs
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180. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Walter Kohn
Born in 1923, in a jew middle-class family
World War II: fled to England with help of
family friends -wishing to become a farmer
First interned in British camps for “enemy
aliens”
In Canadian camps, supported by Red Cross, studies math
Working as lumberjacks, earning 20 cents per day, buys
Slater’s book “Chemical Physics”
Joins the Canadian army and gets a BS degree in Applied
Mathematics
Finishes a crash master’s course and applies for PhDs
Awarded a scholarship for Harvard; becomes PhD student of
Julian Schwinger
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181. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Walter Kohn and Julian Schwinger
Kohn met Schwinger only “a few times a year”.
“It was during these meetings, sometimes
more than 2 hours long, that I learned the
most from him. (...) to dig for the essential;
to pay attention to the experimental facts;
to try to say something precise and operati-
onally meaningful, even if one cannot calcu-
late everything a priori; not to be satisfied un-
til one has embedded his ideas in a coherent,
logical, and aesthetically satisfying structure.
(...) I cannot even imagine my subsequent sci-
entific life without Julian’s example and tea-
ching.”
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182. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Kohn’s scientific background
Schwinger: Green’s functions, variational principles, scattering
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Kohn’s scientific background
Schwinger: Green’s functions, variational principles, scattering
Van Vleck: entered solid-state physics
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184. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Kohn’s scientific background
Schwinger: Green’s functions, variational principles, scattering
Van Vleck: entered solid-state physics
Rostocker: Green’s functions to solve the electron band
structure problem (KKR)
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185. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Kohn’s scientific background
Schwinger: Green’s functions, variational principles, scattering
Van Vleck: entered solid-state physics
Rostocker: Green’s functions to solve the electron band
structure problem (KKR)
Bell Labs: semiconductor physics (transistor rush)
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186. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Kohn’s scientific background
Schwinger: Green’s functions, variational principles, scattering
Van Vleck: entered solid-state physics
Rostocker: Green’s functions to solve the electron band
structure problem (KKR)
Bell Labs: semiconductor physics (transistor rush)
Luttinger; effective mass equation for the energy levels of
impurity states in Silicon: “one-particle method”
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187. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Kohn’s scientific background
Schwinger: Green’s functions, variational principles, scattering
Van Vleck: entered solid-state physics
Rostocker: Green’s functions to solve the electron band
structure problem (KKR)
Bell Labs: semiconductor physics (transistor rush)
Luttinger; effective mass equation for the energy levels of
impurity states in Silicon: “one-particle method”
... electronic transport; phonons; insulating state;
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188. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Kohn’s scientific background
Schwinger: Green’s functions, variational principles, scattering
Van Vleck: entered solid-state physics
Rostocker: Green’s functions to solve the electron band
structure problem (KKR)
Bell Labs: semiconductor physics (transistor rush)
Luttinger; effective mass equation for the energy levels of
impurity states in Silicon: “one-particle method”
... electronic transport; phonons; insulating state;
Mott: Thomas-Fermi for screening
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189. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Kohn’s scientific background
Schwinger: Green’s functions, variational principles, scattering
Van Vleck: entered solid-state physics
Rostocker: Green’s functions to solve the electron band
structure problem (KKR)
Bell Labs: semiconductor physics (transistor rush)
Luttinger; effective mass equation for the energy levels of
impurity states in Silicon: “one-particle method”
... electronic transport; phonons; insulating state;
Mott: Thomas-Fermi for screening
de Gennes, Friedel: metals and alloys;
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190. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
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“Kohn’s seminal papers (...)
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192. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
“Kohn’s seminal papers (...) are all most notable for
their clarity and the simplicity of the mathematics one
encounters.
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193. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
“Kohn’s seminal papers (...) are all most notable for
their clarity and the simplicity of the mathematics one
encounters. On many occasions, after reading through
the material, I found myself saying something like “of
course things go that way, I could have written this
myself”. (...)
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194. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
“Kohn’s seminal papers (...) are all most notable for
their clarity and the simplicity of the mathematics one
encounters. On many occasions, after reading through
the material, I found myself saying something like “of
course things go that way, I could have written this
myself”. (...) It is the case that the most important
and fundamental new ideas and concepts in our field
are very simple and obvious, once they have been set
forth for the first time.
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195. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
“Kohn’s seminal papers (...) are all most notable for
their clarity and the simplicity of the mathematics one
encounters. On many occasions, after reading through
the material, I found myself saying something like “of
course things go that way, I could have written this
myself”. (...) It is the case that the most important
and fundamental new ideas and concepts in our field
are very simple and obvious, once they have been set
forth for the first time. I am reminded of remarks I
have read recently in an essay by Steven Weinberg,
who states that the very important and fundamental
papers in physics are notable for their clarity.
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196. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
“Kohn’s seminal papers (...) are all most notable for
their clarity and the simplicity of the mathematics one
encounters. On many occasions, after reading through
the material, I found myself saying something like “of
course things go that way, I could have written this
myself”. (...) It is the case that the most important
and fundamental new ideas and concepts in our field
are very simple and obvious, once they have been set
forth for the first time. I am reminded of remarks I
have read recently in an essay by Steven Weinberg,
who states that the very important and fundamental
papers in physics are notable for their clarity. The new
ideas are applied quickly because of this.”
Douglas L. Mills
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197. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Acknowledgements (I)
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198. Problem HK-KS xc LDA Construction Challenges Final Remarks
Acknowledgements (I)
Klaus Capelle, UFABC, Brazil
E.K.U. Gross, MPI-Halle,Germany
Sam Trickey, QTP-Univ.Florida
Caio Lewenkopf, UFF, Brazil
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