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Title: A spectral scheme for Kohn–Sham density functional theory of clusters

Abstract

Starting from the observation that one of the most successful methods for solving the Kohn–Sham equations for periodic systems – the plane-wave method – is a spectral method based on eigenfunction expansion, we formulate a spectral method designed towards solving the Kohn–Sham equations for clusters. This allows for efficient calculation of the electronic structure of clusters (and molecules) with high accuracy and systematic convergence properties without the need for any artificial periodicity. The basis functions in this method form a complete orthonormal set and are expressible in terms of spherical harmonics and spherical Bessel functions. Computation of the occupied eigenstates of the discretized Kohn–Sham Hamiltonian is carried out using a combination of preconditioned block eigensolvers and Chebyshev polynomial filter accelerated subspace iterations. Several algorithmic and computational aspects of the method, including computation of the electrostatics terms and parallelization are discussed. We have implemented these methods and algorithms into an efficient and reliable package called ClusterES (Cluster Electronic Structure). A variety of benchmark calculations employing local and non-local pseudopotentials are carried out using our package and the results are compared to the literature. Convergence properties of the basis set are discussed through numerical examples. Computations involving large systems that contain thousandsmore » of electrons are demonstrated to highlight the efficacy of our methodology. The use of our method to study clusters with arbitrary point group symmetries is briefly discussed.« less

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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22465621
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Computational Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 287; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ACCURACY; ALGORITHMS; ATOMIC CLUSTERS; BENCHMARKS; BESSEL FUNCTIONS; CONVERGENCE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD; EIGENFUNCTIONS; EIGENSTATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTROSTATICS; EQUATIONS; HAMILTONIANS; MOLECULES; PERIODIC SYSTEM; POLYNOMIALS; POTENTIALS; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION

Citation Formats

Banerjee, Amartya S., E-mail: baner041@umn.edu, Elliott, Ryan S., E-mail: relliott@umn.edu, and James, Richard D., E-mail: james@umn.edu. A spectral scheme for Kohn–Sham density functional theory of clusters. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/J.JCP.2015.02.009.
Banerjee, Amartya S., E-mail: baner041@umn.edu, Elliott, Ryan S., E-mail: relliott@umn.edu, & James, Richard D., E-mail: james@umn.edu. A spectral scheme for Kohn–Sham density functional theory of clusters. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JCP.2015.02.009
Banerjee, Amartya S., E-mail: baner041@umn.edu, Elliott, Ryan S., E-mail: relliott@umn.edu, and James, Richard D., E-mail: james@umn.edu. 2015. "A spectral scheme for Kohn–Sham density functional theory of clusters". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JCP.2015.02.009.
@article{osti_22465621,
title = {A spectral scheme for Kohn–Sham density functional theory of clusters},
author = {Banerjee, Amartya S., E-mail: baner041@umn.edu and Elliott, Ryan S., E-mail: relliott@umn.edu and James, Richard D., E-mail: james@umn.edu},
abstractNote = {Starting from the observation that one of the most successful methods for solving the Kohn–Sham equations for periodic systems – the plane-wave method – is a spectral method based on eigenfunction expansion, we formulate a spectral method designed towards solving the Kohn–Sham equations for clusters. This allows for efficient calculation of the electronic structure of clusters (and molecules) with high accuracy and systematic convergence properties without the need for any artificial periodicity. The basis functions in this method form a complete orthonormal set and are expressible in terms of spherical harmonics and spherical Bessel functions. Computation of the occupied eigenstates of the discretized Kohn–Sham Hamiltonian is carried out using a combination of preconditioned block eigensolvers and Chebyshev polynomial filter accelerated subspace iterations. Several algorithmic and computational aspects of the method, including computation of the electrostatics terms and parallelization are discussed. We have implemented these methods and algorithms into an efficient and reliable package called ClusterES (Cluster Electronic Structure). A variety of benchmark calculations employing local and non-local pseudopotentials are carried out using our package and the results are compared to the literature. Convergence properties of the basis set are discussed through numerical examples. Computations involving large systems that contain thousands of electrons are demonstrated to highlight the efficacy of our methodology. The use of our method to study clusters with arbitrary point group symmetries is briefly discussed.},
doi = {10.1016/J.JCP.2015.02.009},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22465621}, journal = {Journal of Computational Physics},
issn = {0021-9991},
number = ,
volume = 287,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}