Strictly correlated electrons in density-functional theory: A general formulation with applications to spherical densities

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Abstract

We reformulate the strong-interaction limit of electronic density functional theory in terms of a classical problem with a degenerate minimum. This allows us to clarify many aspects of this limit, and to write a general solution, which is explicitly calculated for spherical densities. We then compare our results with previous approximate solutions and discuss the implications for density functional theory.

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Authors

  • Michael Seidl

    • Department of Physics, University of Regensburg
    • Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
    • Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany

  • Paola Gori-Giorgi

    • Laboratoire Chimie Theorique, CNRS and University Paris VI, Paris, France
    • Laboratoire de Chimie Theorique, CNRS, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris, France

  • Andreas Savin

    • Laboratoire de Chimie Theorique, CNRS, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris, France
    • Université Pierre et Marie Curie