Spectral scheme for atomic structure calculations in density functional theory

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Autores principales: Bhowmik, Sayan, Pask, John E., Medford, Andrew J., Suryanarayana, Phanish
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author Bhowmik, Sayan
Pask, John E.
Medford, Andrew J.
Suryanarayana, Phanish
author_facet Bhowmik, Sayan
Pask, John E.
Medford, Andrew J.
Suryanarayana, Phanish
contents We present a spectral scheme for atomic structure calculations in pseudopotential Kohn-Sham density functional theory. In particular, after applying an exponential transformation of the radial coordinates, we employ global polynomial interpolation on a Chebyshev grid, with derivative operators approximated using the Chebyshev differentiation matrix, and integrations using Clenshaw-Curtis quadrature. We demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the scheme through spin-polarized and unpolarized calculations for representative atoms, while considering local, semilocal, and hybrid exchange-correlation functionals. In particular, we find that $\mathcal{O}$(200) grid points are sufficient to achieve an accuracy of 1 microhartree in the eigenvalues for optimized norm conserving Vanderbilt pseudopotentials spanning the periodic table from atomic number $Z = 1$ to $83$.
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spellingShingle Spectral scheme for atomic structure calculations in density functional theory
Bhowmik, Sayan
Pask, John E.
Medford, Andrew J.
Suryanarayana, Phanish
Computational Physics
Materials Science
We present a spectral scheme for atomic structure calculations in pseudopotential Kohn-Sham density functional theory. In particular, after applying an exponential transformation of the radial coordinates, we employ global polynomial interpolation on a Chebyshev grid, with derivative operators approximated using the Chebyshev differentiation matrix, and integrations using Clenshaw-Curtis quadrature. We demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the scheme through spin-polarized and unpolarized calculations for representative atoms, while considering local, semilocal, and hybrid exchange-correlation functionals. In particular, we find that $\mathcal{O}$(200) grid points are sufficient to achieve an accuracy of 1 microhartree in the eigenvalues for optimized norm conserving Vanderbilt pseudopotentials spanning the periodic table from atomic number $Z = 1$ to $83$.
title Spectral scheme for atomic structure calculations in density functional theory
topic Computational Physics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.00534