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Title: Connection formulas for thermal density functional theory

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
 [1];  [2]
  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Department of Chemistry
  2. Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

We show that the adiabatic connection formula of ground-state density functional theory relates the correlation energy to a coupling-constant integral over a purely potential contribution, and is widely used to understand and improve approximations. The corresponding formula for thermal density functional theory is cast as an integral over temperatures instead, ranging upward from the system's physical temperature. We also show how to relate different correlation components to each other, either in terms of temperature or coupling-constant integrations. Lastly, we illustrate our results on the uniform electron gas.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344; FG02-97ER25308
OSTI ID:
1390013
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1254215
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-689924; PRBMDO
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 93, Issue 20; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 14 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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