17.11.2014 Views

AB-INITIO SIMULATIONS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE - VASP

AB-INITIO SIMULATIONS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE - VASP

AB-INITIO SIMULATIONS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE - VASP

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

2<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

©Exc<br />

<br />

<br />

(<br />

43<br />

<br />

<br />

r(<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

¦<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

-<br />

<br />

5<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

.<br />

<br />

Density-functional theory IV<br />

E n<br />

¦T<br />

n<br />

©<br />

E H<br />

with the exchange-correlation energy<br />

n<br />

n ©V<br />

r<br />

r<br />

n d3r (16)<br />

<br />

<br />

E xc<br />

n<br />

r<br />

<br />

¦n<br />

r<br />

ε xc<br />

n<br />

r d 3 r<br />

(17)<br />

where ε xc n r is the exchange-correlation energy of a homogeneous<br />

electron gas with the local density n r<br />

<br />

Kohn-Sham equations:<br />

¯h 2<br />

V<br />

2m ∇2©<br />

r<br />

©<br />

e 2<br />

r <br />

n r<br />

d 3 r©µ xc n r<br />

φ i<br />

r<br />

<br />

¦εi φi <br />

r<br />

(18)<br />

V e f f<br />

¨<br />

r<br />

with the exchange-correlation potential<br />

µ xc<br />

n<br />

r<br />

¦<br />

δE xc<br />

n r<br />

δn r<br />

δ n r<br />

δn<br />

ε xc<br />

n<br />

r<br />

r<br />

(19)<br />

J. HAFNER, <strong>AB</strong>-<strong><strong>IN</strong>ITIO</strong> <strong>MATERIALS</strong> <strong>SIMULATIONS</strong> Page 15

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!