Koopmans-Compliant Self-Interaction Corrections

Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 64, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-127

  Poilvert, Nicolas ^a   Borghi, Giovanni ^b   Nguyen, Ngoc Linh ^b   Keilbart, Nathan Daniel ^a   Wang, Kevin ^a   Dabo, Ismaila ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Koopmans compliant functionals; Many electron Self interaction; One electron Self interaction; Pederson condition; Piecewise linearity; Self interaction; Self interaction free functionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939818341     PISSN: 1049250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aamop.2015.06.008     Document Type: Chapter

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