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Communication: Two types of flat-planes conditions in density functional theory

(2016) 145(3).
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Using results from atomic spectroscopy, we show that there are two types of flat-planes conditions. The first type of flat-planes condition occurs when the energy as a function of the number of electrons of each spin, Nα and Nβ, has a derivative discontinuity on a line segment where the number of electrons, Nα + Nβ, is an integer. The second type of flat-planes condition occurs when the energy has a derivative discontinuity on a line segment where the spin polarization, Nα – Nβ, is an integer, but does not have a discontinuity associated with an integer number of electrons. Type 2 flat planes are rare—we observed just 15 type 2 flat-planes conditions out of the 4884 cases we tested—but their mere existence has implications for the design of exchange-correlation energy density functionals. To facilitate the development of functionals that have the correct behavior with respect to both fractional number of electrons and fractional spin polarization, we present a dataset for the chromium atom and its ions that can be used to test new functionals.
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APPROXIMATIONS, SYMMETRY, CR

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Yang, Xiaotian Derrick, Anand HG Patel, Ramón Alain Miranda-Quintana, Farnaz Heidar Zadeh, Cristina E González-Espinoza, and Paul W Ayers. 2016. “Communication: Two Types of Flat-planes Conditions in Density Functional Theory.” Journal of Chemical Physics 145 (3).
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Yang, X. D., Patel, A. H., Miranda-Quintana, R. A., Heidar Zadeh, F., González-Espinoza, C. E., & Ayers, P. W. (2016). Communication: Two types of flat-planes conditions in density functional theory. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 145(3).
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Yang XD, Patel AH, Miranda-Quintana RA, Heidar Zadeh F, González-Espinoza CE, Ayers PW. Communication: Two types of flat-planes conditions in density functional theory. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 2016;145(3).
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Yang, Xiaotian Derrick, Anand HG Patel, Ramón Alain Miranda-Quintana, et al. “Communication: Two Types of Flat-planes Conditions in Density Functional Theory.” JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 145.3 (2016): n. pag. Print.
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author       = {Yang, Xiaotian Derrick and Patel, Anand HG and Miranda-Quintana, Ram{\'o}n Alain and Heidar Zadeh, Farnaz and Gonz{\'a}lez-Espinoza, Cristina E and Ayers, Paul W},
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journal      = {JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS},
keyword      = {APPROXIMATIONS,SYMMETRY,CR},
language     = {eng},
number       = {3},
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title        = {Communication: Two types of flat-planes conditions in density functional theory},
url          = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4958636},
volume       = {145},
year         = {2016},
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