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Conserving approximations in time-dependent density functional theory

von Barth, Ulf LU ; Dahlen, N E ; van Leeuwen, R and Stefanucci, Gianluca LU (2005) In Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics) 72(23).
Abstract
In the present work, we propose a theory for obtaining successively better approximations to the linear response functions of time-dependent density or current-density functional theory. The new technique is based on the variational approach to many-body perturbation theory (MBPT) as developed during the sixties and later expanded by us in the mid-nineties. Due to this feature, the resulting response functions obey a large number of conservation laws such as particle and momentum conservation and sum rules. The quality of the obtained results is governed by the physical processes built in through MBPT but also by the choice of variational expressions. We here present several conserving response functions of different sophistication to be... (More)
In the present work, we propose a theory for obtaining successively better approximations to the linear response functions of time-dependent density or current-density functional theory. The new technique is based on the variational approach to many-body perturbation theory (MBPT) as developed during the sixties and later expanded by us in the mid-nineties. Due to this feature, the resulting response functions obey a large number of conservation laws such as particle and momentum conservation and sum rules. The quality of the obtained results is governed by the physical processes built in through MBPT but also by the choice of variational expressions. We here present several conserving response functions of different sophistication to be used in the calculation of the optical response of solids and nanoscale systems. (Less)
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10.1103/PhysRevB.72.235109
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  abstract     = {{In the present work, we propose a theory for obtaining successively better approximations to the linear response functions of time-dependent density or current-density functional theory. The new technique is based on the variational approach to many-body perturbation theory (MBPT) as developed during the sixties and later expanded by us in the mid-nineties. Due to this feature, the resulting response functions obey a large number of conservation laws such as particle and momentum conservation and sum rules. The quality of the obtained results is governed by the physical processes built in through MBPT but also by the choice of variational expressions. We here present several conserving response functions of different sophistication to be used in the calculation of the optical response of solids and nanoscale systems.}},
  author       = {{von Barth, Ulf and Dahlen, N E and van Leeuwen, R and Stefanucci, Gianluca}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{23}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)}},
  title        = {{Conserving approximations in time-dependent density functional theory}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.72.235109}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevB.72.235109}},
  volume       = {{72}},
  year         = {{2005}},
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