A comparison model between density functional and wave function theories by means of the Lowdin partitioning technique

作者:Caballero Marc*; Moreira Iberio de P R; Maria Bofill Josep
来源:Journal of Chemical Physics, 2013, 138(17): 174107.
DOI:10.1063/1.4802200

摘要

A comparison model is proposed based on the Lowdin partitioning technique to analyze the differences in the treatment of electron correlation by the wave function and density functional models. This comparison model provides a tool to understand the inherent structure of both theories and its discrepancies in terms of the subjacent mathematical structure and the necessary conditions for variationality required for the energy functional. Some numerical results on simple molecules are also reported revealing the known phenomenon of "overcorrelation" of density functional theory methods.

  • 出版日期2013-5-7

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