Density functional resonance theory: Complex density functions, convergence, orbital energies, and functionals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 136, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Whitenack, Daniel L ^a   Wasserman, Adam ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIORS; BASIS SETS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; ELECTRON DECAY; FINE GRIDS; FUNCTIONALS; GROUND-STATE DENSITY; INTERACTING SYSTEM; KOHN-SHAM ORBITALS; ORBITAL ENERGY; OSCILLATORY BEHAVIORS; PHYSICAL AFFINITIES; RESONANCE ENERGIES; SCALING FACTORS; THRESHOLD ENERGY;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GROUND STATE;

RESONANCE;

EID: 84860479521     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4705669     Document Type: Article

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