Fusion of the LAPW and LMTO methods: The augmented plane wave plus muffin-tin orbital method

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作者
Kotani, Takao [1 ]
van Schilfgaarde, Mark [2 ]
机构
[1] Tottori Univ, Dept Appl Math & Phys, Tottori 6808552, Japan
[2] Arizona State Univ, Sch Mat, Tempe, AZ 85284 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2010年 / 81卷 / 12期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE; LOCAL-DENSITY; ALL-ELECTRON;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.81.125117
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We present a full potential linearized method to solve the one-body problem, for example in the local density approximation. A mixed basis of augmented plane waves and generalized muffin-tin orbitals (MTOs) are used for the eigenfunctions. Since MTOs efficiently describe low-energy and localized states, the mixed basis is dramatically more efficient than the linearized augmented plane wave method for a given tolerance. GaAs, MnAs, SrTiO(3), Cu, and the O(2) dimer are used as illustrations.
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