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Advances in time-dependent spin density<br />

functional theory<br />

G. Vignale<br />

Univ. Missouri, USA<br />

Time-dependent density functional generally suffers from an ultra-nonlocality problem, namely<br />

the local density approximation for the exchange-correlation potential always fails, no matter how<br />

slowly varying is the density. I show that this problem is particularly severe in time-dependent<br />

spin density functional theory, but can be cured by switching to a formulation in which the spin<br />

currents are the basic variables. I discuss the physical significance of the new terms that appear<br />

in the spin-current dependent functional, and review the progress that has been made in providing<br />

explicit expressions for the latter.<br />

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