Exchange and correlation in silicon

Citation:
Hood, RQ, Chou MY, Williamson AJ, Rajagopal G, Needs RJ.  1998.  Exchange and correlation in silicon, Apr. Physical Review B. 57:8972-8982., Number 15

Abstract:

A combination of the coupling constant integration technique and the quantum Monte Carlo method is used to investigate the most relevant quantities in Kohn-Sham density-functional theory. Variational quantum Monte Carlo is used to construct realistic many-body wave functions for diamond-structure silicon at different values of the Coulomb coupling constant. The exchange-correlation energy density along with the coupling constant dependence and the coupling-constant-integrated form of the pair-correlation function, the exchange-correlation hole, and the exchange-correlation energy are presented. Comparisons of these functions an mode with results obtained from the local-density approximation, the average density approximation, the weighted density approximation, and the generalized gradient approximation. We discuss reasons for the success of the local-density approximation. The insights provided by this approach will make it possible to carry out stringent tests of the effectiveness of exchange-correlation functionals and in the long term aid in the search for better functionals. [S0163-1829(98)02115-8].

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