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Analytic inversion procedure for the exact non-additive kinetic potential functional V<sup>nad</sup>

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Abstract

The non-additive kinetic potential functional Vnad is a key issue in density-dependent embedding methods, such as Frozen Density Embedding Theory and Partition-DFT. Vnad is a bifunctional of pairs of specific electron densities ρA and ρB. We report here an inversion procedure to generate reference Vnad for weakly overlapping ρA and ρB. To obtain the exact Vnad we used an analytical inversion procedure that we proposed (M. Banafsheh, T.A. Wesolowski, Int. J. Quant. Chem. 118 (2018): e25410). We discuss the constraints on the choice of electron densities to assure their admissibility. Mathematical challenges of satisfying these constraints will be presented in detail. The potential at small overlap is constructed for various diatomic systems of four electrons at different interatomic distances. These results are compared with the potential obtained using common kinetic functional approximations. Vnad is also presented for some diatomic systems including more than 4 electrons in which two electrons are localized with high precision in space and the accuracy of Vnad is assured. We are now studying the forward Kohn-Sham problem for some small diatomic systems using the analytically inverted potential and comparing with the standard Kohn-Sham approach.

Presenters

  • Mojdeh Banafsheh

    University of California, Merced & University of Geneva

Authors

  • Mojdeh Banafsheh

    University of California, Merced & University of Geneva

  • Leeor Kronik

    Weizmann Institute of Science

  • Tim Gould

    Griffith University, Queensland Micro- and Nano-technology Centre, Griffith University

  • David Strubbe

    University of California, Merced, Physics, University of California, Merced

  • Tomasz A. Wesolowski

    University of Geneva