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Average local ionization energies in the Hartree-Fock and Kohn-Sham theories
Felipe A Bulat1, Mel Levy, Peter Politzer
1Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA. felipe.bulat@duke.edu
Abstract:
We explore the connection between average local ionization energies computed within the Hartree-Fock (HF) and the Kohn-Sham (KS) frameworks, focusing on exchange-only KS theory. We find that they are connected through a local quantity for which good approximations exist; I(HF)(r) = I(KS)(r) + DeltaV(X)(r). This allows determination of HF local ionization energies from exchange-only KS calculations without utilizing a nonlocal potential. We also suggest interesting research directions that emerge during our analysis.
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