Ab initio pseudopotentials for orbital-free density functionals

被引:44
作者
Watson, S [1 ]
Jesson, BJ [1 ]
Carter, EA [1 ]
Madden, PA [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Phys & Theoret Chem Lab, Oxford OX1 3QZ, England
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1998年 / 41卷 / 01期
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D O I
10.1209/epl/i1998-00112-5
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
A method for producing pseudopotentials from first principles for use with orbital-free density functionals is presented. In several metallic systems, the orbital-free approach reproduces the results of Kohn-Sham calculations with non-local pseudopotentials with considerably less computational effort.
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页码:37 / 42
页数:6
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