PHYSICS
SEMINAR
Jose
Balduz
Department of Physics
Mercer University
Wednesday,
April 7, 2004
Willet Science Center 101
"Density
Functional Theory"
Abstract:
A brief introduction to DFT will be given. This is a method to
analyze many-electron systems based on the electron density rather than the full
many-body wavefunction. It has both a solid theoretical basis and practical
methods of application. We will start with a basic description of the problem,
including the wavefunction and density matrices, and the standard Coulomb Hamiltonian.
We will then describe the Hartree-Fock approach to this problem and the Thomas-Fermi
model. Then DFT proper will be introduced: the Hohenberg-Kohn Theorems (I & II),
issues of representability of the density and the constrained-search formulation
of Levy. Finally the Kohn-Sham method using electron orbitals will be presented.
Please
join us for light refreshments outside WSC 109 at 4:15.
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