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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810695803321

Titolo

Introduction to modern methods of quantum many-body theory and their applications [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Adelchi Fabrocini, Stefano Fantoni, Eckhard Krotscheck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2002

ISBN

981-277-707-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 p.)

Collana

Series on advances in quantum many-body theory ; ; v. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

FabrociniA

FantoniS (Stefano)

KrotscheckEckhard

Disciplina

530.14/4

Soggetti

Many-body problem

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Lecture notes of the second European Summer School on Microscopic Quantum Many-Body Theories and their Applications, held in Miramare, Trieste, Italy, on September 3-14, 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS               ; PREFACE              ; Chapter 1 DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY                                          ; 1. Introduction                      ; 1.1. Units and notation                              ; 1.2. Hartree-Fock theory                               ; 1.3. Homogeneous electron gas                                    ; 1.3.1. Free electrons                            ; 1.3.2. Exchange energy                             ; 2. What is density functional theory?                                            ; 2.1. Hohenberg-Kohn theorem

2.2. A simple example: the Thomas-Fermi theory                                                     2.2.1. Variational equation of Thomas-Fermi theory                                                         ; 2.2.2. Thomas-Fermi atom                               ; 2.2.3. An example                        ; 3. Kohn-Sham theory                          ; 3.1. Local density approximation                                       ; 3.2. Spin and the local spin density approximation

3.3. The generalized gradient approximation                                                  4. Numerical methods for the Kohn-Sham equation                                                      ; 4.0.1. Exact exchange                            ; 4.0.2. 0(N) methods                          ; 5. Some applications and limitations of DFT                                                  ; 5.1. Two examples of condensed matter                                            ; 5.2. Vibrations                      ; 5.3. NMR chemical shifts



6. Limitations of DFT                            7. Time-dependent density functional theory: the equations                                                                 ; 7.1. Optical properties                              ; 7.1.1. f-sum rule                        ; 7.2. Methods to solve the TDDFT equations                                                ; 7.2.1. Linear response formula                                     ; 7.3. Dynamic polarizability                                  ; 7.4. Dielectric function

8. TDDFT: numerical aspects                                  8.1. Configuration matrix method                                       ; 8.2. Linear response method                                  ; 8.3. Sternheimer method                              ; 8.4. Real time method                            ; 9. Applications of TDDFT                               ; 9.1. Simple metal clusters                                 ; 9.2. Carbon structures                             ; 9.3. Diamond                   ; 9.4. Other applications

9.5. Limitations

Sommario/riassunto

This invaluable book contains pedagogical articles on the dominant nonstochastic methods of microscopic many-body theories - the methods of density functional theory, coupled cluster theory, and correlated basis functions - in their widest sense. Other articles introduce students to applications of these methods in front-line research, such as Bose-Einstein condensates, the nuclear many-body problem, and the dynamics of quantum liquids. These keynote articles are supplemented by experimental reviews on intimately connected topics that are of current relevance. The book addresses the striking