Non-additive kinetic potential functional Vnad from analytic inversion: all-electron and pseudopotential calculations

ORAL

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 previously reported the exact analytical inversion procedure to generate reference Vnad for weakly overlapping ρA and ρB (M. Banafsheh, T.A. Wesolowski, Int. J. Quant. Chem. 118 (2018): e25410). We discuss the constraints on the choice of electron densities to ensure their admissibility. The potential is constructed for various diatomic systems of four electrons at different interatomic distances for which the atomic densities are weakly overlapped. The results are compared to common kinetic functional approximations to assess their quality in this regime. Vnad is also presented for some diatomic systems including more than 4 electrons. We investigate the behavior around the nuclei, where cusps appear in the density, and compare results for all-electron and pseudopotential calculations. We demonstrate the application in embedding theory by solving for a subsystem with Vnad as an additional potential. In addition, the well known step structure associated with molecular dissociation is studied from the analytically inverted potential.

Presenters

  • Mojdeh Banafsheh

    Physics, University of California, Merced and University of Geneva

Authors

  • Mojdeh Banafsheh

    Physics, University of California, Merced and University of Geneva

  • Leeor Kronik

    Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute for Science, Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Materials, Weizmann Institute of Science

  • Tim Gould

    Qld Micro- and Nanotechnology center, Griffith University, Queensland Micro-and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University

  • Tomasz Adam Wesolowski

    Chemistry, University of Geneva

  • David A Strubbe

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