Double-pole approximation in time-dependent density functional theory

A simple approximate solution to the linear response equations of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is given. This extends the single-pole approximation (SPA) to two strongly coupled poles. The analysis provides both an illustration of how TDDFT works when strong exchange-correlation effects are present and insight into such corrections. For example, interaction can cause a transition to vanish entirely from the optical spectrum. (C) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.