Timesaving double-grid method for real-space electronic-structure calculations

被引:200
作者
Ono, T [1 ]
Hirose, K [1 ]
机构
[1] Osaka Univ, Dept Percis Sci & Technol, Osaka 5650871, Japan
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5016
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We present a simple and efficient technique in ab initio electronic-structure calculation utilizing real-space double grid with a high density of grid points in the vicinity of nuclei. This technique promises to greatly reduce the overhead for performing the integrals that involve nonlocal parts of pseudopotentials, while keeping a high degree of accuracy. our procedure gives rise to no Pulay forces, unlike other real-space methods using adaptive coordinates. Moreover; we demonstrate the potential power of the method by calculating several properties of atoms and molecules.
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页码:5016 / 5019
页数:4
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