Perturbative total energy evaluation in self-consistent field Iterations: Tests on molecular systems

被引:5
作者
Zhang, Yu Adam [1 ]
Wang, Yan Alexander [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ British Columbia, Dept Chem, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
density functional theory; HF calculations; iterative methods; perturbation theory; SCF calculations; total energy; EXTREMAL PROPERTIES; AB-INITIO; ELECTRON; CRC;
D O I
10.1063/1.3104662
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The corrected Hohenberg-Kohn-Sham and corrected Harris total energy functionals recently proposed [B. Zhou and Y. A. Wang, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 084101 (2008)] have been generalized to the Hartree-Fock method. We have tested the functionals on a few molecular systems and found them to be very useful in accelerating the convergence of the total energy during a self-consistent field process.
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