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Approximate electron kinetic-energy functionals

Wang, Bing ; Stott, M.J. and von Barth, Ulf LU (2001) In Physical Review A 63.
Abstract
We believe that a useful kinetic-energy functional should not only incorporate known limiting forms but also have accurate functional derivatives, so that it can be used for obtaining the correct ground-state density via variational calculations. Furthermore, an accurate functional for the kinetic energy should be obtained by fitting to smooth pseudoelectron systems rather than to all-electron calculations as is often done. In this paper, by working on simple model atoms and group-IV pseudoatoms, we demonstrate that an accurate kinetic-energy functional with a correct functional derivative, and meeting most limiting forms, cannot be obtained from a simple expression containing only the density and its gradient. At least the Laplacian of... (More)
We believe that a useful kinetic-energy functional should not only incorporate known limiting forms but also have accurate functional derivatives, so that it can be used for obtaining the correct ground-state density via variational calculations. Furthermore, an accurate functional for the kinetic energy should be obtained by fitting to smooth pseudoelectron systems rather than to all-electron calculations as is often done. In this paper, by working on simple model atoms and group-IV pseudoatoms, we demonstrate that an accurate kinetic-energy functional with a correct functional derivative, and meeting most limiting forms, cannot be obtained from a simple expression containing only the density and its gradient. At least the Laplacian of the density should also be included in a useful generalized gradient approximation to the kinetic-energy functional. (Less)
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  author       = {{Wang, Bing and Stott, M.J. and von Barth, Ulf}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review A}},
  title        = {{Approximate electron kinetic-energy functionals}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.63.052501}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevA.63.052501}},
  volume       = {{63}},
  year         = {{2001}},
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