Theory of Ground- and Excited State-Properties of Solids, Surfaces, and Interfaces: Beyond Density Functional Formalism.

摘要

Two recently developed approaches for calculating properties of materials going beyond the density functional formalism are discussed. For excited-state properties, a first-principles quasiparticle theory has been developed. The electron self-energy operator is calculated using the full dielectric matrix and the dressed Green's function. Electron excitation spectra are interpreted as transitions between quasiparticle states of an interacting many-electron system. For ground-state properties, a new method using nonlocal pseudopotentials in conjunction with the variational quantum Monte Carlo approach is introduced. Electron correlations are treated using the exact interaction with a correlated wavefunction of the Jastrow-Slater form. Selected examples from bulk, surface, and interface calculations are presented to illustrate the capabilities of these two approaches. 47 refs., 6 figs., 5 tabs. (ERA citation 14:012349)