New methods for the computation of the linear response within the density functional theory in spin polarized system (Metodi innovativi per il calcolo della risposta lineare in density functional theory per sistemi spin polarizzati)
Davide Sangalli

TL;DR
This paper investigates the computation of absorption spectra in spin-polarized systems using DFT and TDDFT, highlighting limitations of current approximations and proposing improvements based on many-body perturbation theory.
Contribution
It introduces an implementation of TDDFT for spin-polarized systems in the ABINIT code and proposes a new rule to identify affected excitation energies.
Findings
Limitations of common approximations in spin-polarized TDDFT
A rule to identify excitation energies with broken spin symmetry
Potential improvements from many-body perturbation theory
Abstract
In the present thesis we study absorption spectra of spin polarized isolated systems. Thus we introduce the density functional theory (DFT) formalism and its time dependent extension (TDDFT) together with the approximation used. In particula the Casida formulation of TDDFT is described. The equations for the description of open shell systems have been implemented in the abinit code. Then we used the BeH molecule as a test case. Studying the results for this molecule we underline the limits of the commonly used approximations. In particular we discuss why the the spin symmetry of excited states is broken and we propose a rule to find which excitation energies are affected by this problem. Finally, in the last part, we discuss how a better approximation could be obtained starting from the many body perturbation theory. ----- Il lavoro della presente tesi \`e focalizzato sullo studio…
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TopicsAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies · Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions · Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
