The framework of ab initio density-functional theory (DFT) has been introduced as a way to provide a seamless connection between the Kohn–Sham (KS) formulation of DFT and wave-function based ab initio approaches [R. J. Bartlett, I. Grabowski, S. Hirata, and S. Ivanov, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 034104 (2005)]. Recently, an analysis of the impact of dynamical correlation effects on the density of the neon atom was presented [K. Jankowski, K. Nowakowski, I. Grabowski, and J. Wasilewski, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 164102 (2009)], contrasting the behaviour for a variety of standard density functionals with that of ab initio approaches based on second-order Møller-Plesset (MP2) and coupled cluster theories at the singles-doubles (CCSD) and singles-doubles perturbative triples [CCSD(T)] levels. In the present work, we consider ab initio density functionals based on second-order many-body perturbation theory and coupled cluster perturbation theory in a similar manner, for a range of small atomic and molecular systems. For comparison, we also consider results obtained from MP2, CCSD, and CCSD(T) calculations. In addition to this density based analysis, we determine the KS correlation potentials corresponding to these densities and compare them with those obtained for a range of ab initio density functionals via the optimized effective potential method. The correlation energies, densities, and potentials calculated using ab initio DFT display a similar systematic behaviour to those derived from electronic densities calculated using ab initio wave function theories. In contrast, typical explicit density functionals for the correlation energy, such as VWN5 and LYP, do not show behaviour consistent with this picture of dynamical correlation, although they may provide some degree of correction for already erroneous explicitly density-dependent exchange-only functionals. The results presented here using orbital dependent ab initio density functionals show that they provide a treatment of exchange and correlation contributions within the KS framework that is more consistent with traditional ab initio wave function based methods.
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21 September 2011
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September 21 2011
Comparing ab initio density-functional and wave function theories: The impact of correlation on the electronic density and the role of the correlation potential
Ireneusz Grabowski;
Ireneusz Grabowski
a)
1Institute of Physics,
Nicolaus Copernicus University
, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Andrew M. Teale;
Andrew M. Teale
2Department of Chemistry, Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry,
University of Oslo
, P.O. Box 1033, Blindern, Oslo N-0315, Norway
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Szymon Śmiga;
Szymon Śmiga
1Institute of Physics,
Nicolaus Copernicus University
, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Rodney J. Bartlett
Rodney J. Bartlett
3Quantum Theory Project, Department of Chemistry,
University of Florida
, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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Electronic mail: ig@fizyka.umk.pl.
J. Chem. Phys. 135, 114111 (2011)
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Received:
May 26 2011
Accepted:
August 19 2011
Citation
Ireneusz Grabowski, Andrew M. Teale, Szymon Śmiga, Rodney J. Bartlett; Comparing ab initio density-functional and wave function theories: The impact of correlation on the electronic density and the role of the correlation potential. J. Chem. Phys. 21 September 2011; 135 (11): 114111. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3636114
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