DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Accurate double excitations from ensemble density functional calculations

Abstract

The recent use of a new ensemble in density functional theory (DFT) to produce direct corrections to the Kohn-Sham transitions yields the elusive double excitations that are missed by time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) with the standard adiabatic approximation. But accuracies are lower than for single excitations, and formal arguments about TDDFT suggest that a correction kernel is needed. In principle, ensemble DFT with direct corrections at the exchange level must yield accurate doubles in the weakly correlated limit. We illustrate with exact calculations and analytic results on the Hubbard dimer. Lastly, we also explain the error in formal arguments in TDDFT.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1595108
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1475243
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-08ER46496
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 149; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Sagredo, Francisca, and Burke, Kieron. Accurate double excitations from ensemble density functional calculations. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5043411.
Sagredo, Francisca, & Burke, Kieron. Accurate double excitations from ensemble density functional calculations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5043411
Sagredo, Francisca, and Burke, Kieron. Tue . "Accurate double excitations from ensemble density functional calculations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5043411. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1595108.
@article{osti_1595108,
title = {Accurate double excitations from ensemble density functional calculations},
author = {Sagredo, Francisca and Burke, Kieron},
abstractNote = {The recent use of a new ensemble in density functional theory (DFT) to produce direct corrections to the Kohn-Sham transitions yields the elusive double excitations that are missed by time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) with the standard adiabatic approximation. But accuracies are lower than for single excitations, and formal arguments about TDDFT suggest that a correction kernel is needed. In principle, ensemble DFT with direct corrections at the exchange level must yield accurate doubles in the weakly correlated limit. We illustrate with exact calculations and analytic results on the Hubbard dimer. Lastly, we also explain the error in formal arguments in TDDFT.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5043411},
journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
number = 13,
volume = 149,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

Journal Article:
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record

Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 24 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

Save / Share:

Works referenced in this record:

Charge transfer excitations from exact and approximate ensemble Kohn-Sham theory
journal, May 2018

  • Gould, Tim; Kronik, Leeor; Pittalis, Stefano
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 148, Issue 17
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5022832

Exploring weight-dependent density-functional approximations for ensembles in the Hubbard dimer
text, January 2018


Time-dependent density functional theory: Past, present, and future
journal, August 2005

  • Burke, Kieron; Werschnik, Jan; Gross, E. K. U.
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 123, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1904586

The Hubbard Dimer: A density functional case study of a many-body problem
text, January 2015


Excitations and benchmark ensemble density functional theory for two electrons
journal, May 2014

  • Pribram-Jones, Aurora; Yang, Zeng-hui; Trail, John R.
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 140, Issue 18
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4872255

Generalised adiabatic connection in ensemble density-functional theory for excited states: example of the H 2 molecule
journal, November 2013


Linear response time-dependent density functional theory of the Hubbard dimer
journal, July 2018

  • Carrascal, Diego J.; Ferrer, Jaime; Maitra, Neepa
  • The European Physical Journal B, Vol. 91, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2018-90114-9

Unified formulation of fundamental and optical gap problems in density-functional theory for ensembles
journal, August 2018


Ghost-interaction correction in ensemble density-functional theory for excited states with and without range separation
journal, July 2016


Double excitations within time-dependent density functional theory linear response
journal, April 2004

  • Maitra, Neepa T.; Zhang, Fan; Cave, Robert J.
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 120, Issue 13
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1651060

Exploring weight-dependent density-functional approximations for ensembles in the Hubbard dimer
journal, July 2018

  • Deur, Killian; Mazouin, Laurent; Senjean, Bruno
  • The European Physical Journal B, Vol. 91, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2018-90124-7

The Hubbard dimer: a density functional case study of a many-body problem
journal, September 2015


Perspective: Fundamental aspects of time-dependent density functional theory
journal, June 2016

  • Maitra, Neepa T.
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 144, Issue 22
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4953039

Assessment of dressed time-dependent density-functional theory for the low-lying valence states of 28 organic chromophores
journal, November 2011


Excitation energies from density functional perturbation theory
journal, December 1997

  • Filippi, Claudia; Umrigar, C. J.; Gonze, Xavier
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 107, Issue 23
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.475304

Excitations and benchmark ensemble density functional theory for two electrons
text, January 2014


Fundamentals of Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
book, January 2012


Density-functional theory for ensembles of fractionally occupied states. II. Application to the He atom
journal, April 1988


Ghost- and self-interaction-free ensemble calculations with local exchange–correlation potential for atoms
journal, October 2003

  • Tasnádi, F.; Nagy, Á
  • Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Vol. 36, Issue 20
  • DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/36/20/002

Density functionals and model Hamiltonians: Pillars of many-particle physics
journal, July 2013


Time-dependent density functional theory: Past, present, and future
text, January 2004


A dressed TDDFT treatment of the 21Ag states of butadiene and hexatriene
journal, May 2004


Direct extraction of excitation energies from ensemble density-functional theory
text, January 2017


Excited states in density functional theory
journal, January 1998


Exact and approximate Kohn-Sham potentials in ensemble density-functional theory
text, January 2014


Exact ensemble density functional theory for excited states in a model system: Investigating the weight dependence of the correlation energy
journal, January 2017


Electron correlations in narrow energy bands
journal, November 1963

  • Hubbard, J.
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 276, Issue 1365, p. 238-257
  • DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1963.0204

Density-Functional Theory for Time-Dependent Systems
journal, March 1984


Hardness of molecules and the band gap of solids within the Kohn-Sham formalism: A perturbation-scaling approach
journal, December 1995


Resonant nonlinear polarizabilities in the time-dependent density functional theory
journal, November 2003

  • Tretiak, S.; Chernyak, V.
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 119, Issue 17
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1614240

Coordinate scaling and adiabatic connection formula for ensembles of fractionally occupied excited states
journal, November 1995


Works referencing / citing this record:

Complex adiabatic connection: A hidden non-Hermitian path from ground to excited states
journal, January 2019

  • Burton, Hugh G. A.; Thom, Alex J. W.; Loos, Pierre-François
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 150, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5085121

Ground and excited energy levels can be extracted exactly from a single ensemble density-functional theory calculation
journal, March 2019

  • Deur, Killian; Fromager, Emmanuel
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 150, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5084312

Complex adiabatic connection: A hidden non-Hermitian path from ground to excited states.
text, January 2019

  • Burton, Hugh; Thom, Alexander; Loos, Pierre-François
  • Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
  • DOI: 10.17863/cam.36171