Abstract
In this paper we examine three aspects of electron–electron scaling: (i) the electron–electron repulsions are only scaled in Thomas–Fermi theory; (ii) the electron–electron repulsions are scaled, and the one electron potential is adjusted to give a prescribed density, in Thomas–Fermi–Dirac theory; and (iii) new approaches to the adiabatic connection formulas are presented to help improve the exchange–correlation functional. A new generalized two-point expression is presented. Models (i) and (ii) are solved exactly.
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Connection (principal bundle)ElectronAdiabatic processPhysicsFermi Gamma-ray Space TelescopeFermi gasScalingQuantum mechanicsDensity functional theoryElectronic correlationLimit (mathematics)Condensed matter physicsMathematicsMathematical analysisGeometry
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- 1996
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- 104
- Issue
- 5
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- 1989-1992
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- 58
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Mel Levy,
N. H. March,
Nicholas C. Handy
(1996).
On the adiabatic connection method, and scaling of electron–electron interactions in the Thomas–Fermi limit.
The Journal of Chemical Physics
, 104
(5)
, 1989-1992.
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.470954
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- DOI
- 10.1063/1.470954