Ebook: A Primer in Density Functional Theory
Author: John P. Perdew Stefan Kurth (auth.) Carlos Fiolhais Fernando Nogueira Miguel A. L. Marques (eds.)
- Genre: Physics
- Tags: Mathematical and Computational Physics, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Quantum Physics, Atomic and Molecular Structure and Spectra, Condensed Matter
- Series: Lecture Notes in Physics 620
- Year: 2003
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- City: Berlin; New York
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Density functional theory (DFT) is by now a well-established method for tackling the quantum mechanics of many-body systems. Originally applied to compute properties of atoms and simple molecules, DFT has quickly become a work horse for more complex applications in the chemical and materials sciences. The present set of lectures, spanning the whole range from basic principles to relativistic and time-dependent extensions of the theory, is the ideal introduction for graduate students or nonspecialist researchers wishing to familiarize themselves with both the basic and most advanced techniques in this field.
Density functional theory (DFT) is by now a well-established method for tackling the quantum mechanics of many-body systems. Originally applied to compute properties of atoms and simple molecules, DFT has quickly become a work horse for more complex applications in the chemical and materials sciences. The present set of lectures, spanning the whole range from basic principles to relativistic and time-dependent extensions of the theory, is the ideal introduction for graduate students or nonspecialist researchers wishing to familiarize themselves with both the basic and most advanced techniques in this field.