Comment on 'Accurate and fast numerical solution of Poisson's equation for arbitrary, space-filling Voronoi polyhedra: Near-field corrections revisited'

摘要

This is a Comment on the paper by Alam, Wilson, and Johnson [Phys. Rev. B 84, 205106 (2011)], proposing the solution of the near-field corrections (NFCs) problem for the Poisson equation for extended, e.g., space-filling charge densities. We point out that the problem considered by the authors can be simply avoided by means of performing certain integrals in a particular order, whereas, their method does not address the genuine problem of NFCs that arises when the solution of the Poisson equation is attempted within multiple-scattering theory. We also point out a flaw in their line of reasoning, leading to the expression for the potential inside the bounding sphere of a cell that makes it inapplicable for certain geometries.