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Understanding electron correlation energy through density functional theory
Materials Science · Submitted 2 Nov 2018
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The authors' main claim Therefore, we propose that, as guided by the simplicities and supported by the accuracies, the correlation energy is the energy that locally tends to drive the system toward the uniform electron gas.
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A curious behavior of electron correlation energy is explored. Namely, the correlation energy is the energy that tends to drive the system toward that of the uniform electron gas. As such, the energy assumes its maximum value when a gradient of density is zero. As the gradient increases, the energy is diminished by a gradient suppressing factor, designed to attenuate the energy from its maximum value similar to the shape of a bell curve. Based on this behavior, we constructed a very simple mathematical formula that predicted the correlation energy of atoms and molecules. Combined with our proposed exchange energy functional, we calculated the correlation energies, the total energies, and the ionization energies of test atoms and molecules; and despite the unique simplicities, the functionals' accuracies are in the top tier performance, competitive to the B3LYP, BLYP, PBE, TPSS, and M11. Therefore, we propose that, as guided by the simplicities and supported by the accuracies, the correlation energy is the energy that locally tends to drive the system toward the uniform electron gas.
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| # | sentence | role | the authors' own work | states the main conclusion | strength |
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| s0 | A curious behavior of electron correlation energy is explored. | contribution 0.60 | 0.75 | 0.03 | asserted 0.56 |
| s1 | Namely, the correlation energy is the energy that tends to drive the system toward that of the uniform electron gas. | interpretation 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.26 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | As such, the energy assumes its maximum value when a gradient of density is zero. | result 0.60 | 0.45 | 0.07 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | As the gradient increases, the energy is diminished by a gradient suppressing factor, designed to attenuate the energy from its maximum value similar to the shape of a bell curve. | method 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.04 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | Based on this behavior, we constructed a very simple mathematical formula that predicted the correlation energy of atoms and molecules. | method 0.57 | 0.95 | 0.08 | asserted 1.00 |
| s5 | Combined with our proposed exchange energy functional, we calculated the correlation energies, the total energies, and the ionization energies of test atoms and molecules; and despite the unique simplicities, the functionals' accuracies are in the top tier performance, competitive to the B3LYP, BLYP, PBE, TPSS, and M11. | result 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.13 | asserted 1.00 |
| s6 | Therefore, we propose that, as guided by the simplicities and supported by the accuracies, the correlation energy is the energy that locally tends to drive the system toward the uniform electron gas. | interpretation 0.99 | 0.74 | 0.88 | asserted 0.57 |
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A curious behavior of electron correlation energy is explored. Namely, the correlation energy is the energy that tends to drive the system toward that of the uniform electron gas. As such, the energy assumes its maximum value when a gradient of density is zero. As the gradient increases, the energy is diminished by a gradient suppressing factor, designed to attenuate the energy from its maximum value similar to the shape of a bell curve. Based on this behavior, we constructed a very simple mathematical formula that predicted the correlation energy of atoms and molecules. Combined with our proposed exchange energy functional, we calculated the correlation energies, the total energies, and the ionization energies of test atoms and molecules; and despite the unique simplicities, the functionals' accuracies are in the top tier performance, competitive to the B3LYP, BLYP, PBE, TPSS, and M11. Therefore, we propose that, as guided by the simplicities and supported by the accuracies, the correlation energy is the energy that locally tends to drive the system toward the uniform electron gas.
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