Hardness of molecules and the band gap of solids within the Kohn-Sham formalism: A perturbation-scaling approach

Görling A, Levy M (1995)


Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 1995

Journal

Original Authors: Görling A., Levy M.

Publisher: American Physical Society

Book Volume: 52

Pages Range: 4493-4499

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.52.4493

Abstract

The finite difference expression for the hardness of atoms and molecules, i.e. half the difference between the ionization potential and the electron affinity according to Parr and Pearson [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 105, 7512 (1983)], is expressed here as an explicit functional of the Kohn-Sham orbitals, of the Kohn-Sham eigenvalue differences, of the Coulomb potential, and of certain parts of the exchange-correlation potential. The functional is derived by exploiting the relationship between uniform coordinate scaling of the electron density and a perturbation theory with respect to the electron-electron interaction. The hardness is obtained as a perturbation expansion consisting of terms which each are connected to a specific order of e2 with e being the electronic charge. This allows one, in principle, to determine the hardness exactly within the Kohn-Sham method or, in actual applications, up to some chosen order in e2. The actual expansion is displayed through second order. To some extent the results are also valid in the case of band gaps of solids. © 1995 The American Physical Society.

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Görling, A., & Levy, M. (1995). Hardness of molecules and the band gap of solids within the Kohn-Sham formalism: A perturbation-scaling approach. Physical Review A, 52(6), 4493-4499. https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.52.4493

MLA:

Görling, Andreas, and Mel Levy. "Hardness of molecules and the band gap of solids within the Kohn-Sham formalism: A perturbation-scaling approach." Physical Review A 52.6 (1995): 4493-4499.

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