Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2008-08-12
Phys. Rev. B 79, 035103 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
14 pages, 4 figures. Corrected some typos in references. Added reference to PAW+U. Increased size of Fig. 3
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.79.035103
Consequences of anisotropy (variation of orbital occupation) and magnetism, and their coupling, are analyzed for LSDA+U functionals, both the commonly used ones as well as less commonly applied functionals. After reviewing and extending some earlier observations for an isotropic interaction, the anisotropies are examined more fully and related to use with the local density (LDA) or local spin density (LSDA) approximations. The total energies of all possible integer configurations of an open $f$ shell are presented for three functionals, where some differences are found to be dramatic. Differences in how the commonly used "around mean field" (AMF) and "fully localized limit" (FLL) functionals perform are traced to such differences. The LSDA+U interaction term, applied self-consistently, usually enhances spin magnetic moments and orbital polarization, and the double-counting terms of both functionals provide an opposing, moderating tendency ("suppressing the magnetic moment"). The AMF double counting term gives magnetic states a significantly larger energy penalty than does the FLL counterpart.
Koepernik Klaus
Pickett Warren E.
Ylvisaker Erik R.
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