Exchange and correlation near the nucleus in density functional theory

Details Exchange and correlation near the nucleus in density functional theory Exchange and correlation near the nucleus in density functional theory

2007-02-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702328v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

10 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.75.193104

The near nucleus behavior of the exchange-correlation potential $v_{xc}({\bf r})$ in Hohenberg-Kohn-Sham density functional theory is investigated. It is shown that near the nucleus the linear term of $O(r)$ of the spherically averaged exchange-correlation potential ${\bar v}_{xc}(r)$ is nonzero, and that it arises purely from the difference between the kinetic energy density at the nucleus of the interacting system and the noninteracting Kohn-Sham system. An analytical expression for the linear term is derived. Similar results for the exchange $v_{x}({\bf r})$ and correlation $v_{c}({\bf r})$ potentials are also obtained separately. It is further pointed out that the linear term in $v_{xc}({\bf r})$ arising mainly from $v_{c}({\bf r})$ is rather small, and $v_{xc}({\bf r})$ therefore has a nearly quadratic structure near the nucleus. Implications of the results for the construction of the Kohn-Sham system are discussed with examples.

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