Density Functional Theory of doped superfluid liquid helium and nanodroplets

TL;DR

This review summarizes recent advances in applying density functional theory to study the structure and dynamics of doped superfluid liquid helium and nanodroplets, highlighting new implementations and developments since 2006.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of helium DFT implementations and recent progress in modeling doped superfluid helium and droplets.

Findings

Enhanced understanding of doped helium structures

Development of new DFT computational methods

Updated theoretical insights into superfluid dynamics

Abstract

During the last decade, density function theory (DFT) in its static and dynamic time dependent forms, has emerged as a powerful tool to describe the structure and dynamics of doped liquid helium and droplets. In this review, we summarize the activity carried out in this field within the DFT framework since the publication of the previous review article on this subject [M. Barranco et al., J. Low Temp. Phys. 142, 1 (2006)]. Furthermore, a comprehensive presentation of the actual implementations of helium DFT is given, which have not been discussed in the individual articles or are scattered in the existing literature. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published on August 2, 2017 by Taylor & Francis Group in Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 36, 621 (2017), available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144235X.2017.1351672