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Title: Thermal mean-field theories

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0235259 · OSTI ID:2479513
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  1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  2. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Several closely related ab initio thermal mean-field theories for fermions, both well-established and new ones, are compared with one another at the formalism level and numerically. The theories considered are Fermi–Dirac theory; thermal Hartree–Fock (HF) theory; two modifications of the thermal single-determinant and the first-order finite-temperature many-body perturbation theory based on a zero-temperature or thermal HF reference. Furthermore, thermal full-configuration-interaction theory is used as the benchmark.

Research Organization:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0006028
OSTI ID:
2479513
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Issue: 21 Vol. 161; ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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