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Computational Protocol to Evaluate Electron-Phonon Interactions Within Density Matrix Perturbation Theory
Han Yang1,2, Marco Govoni2,3, Arpan Kundu2
1Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.
Abstract:
We present a computational protocol, based on density matrix perturbation theory, to obtain non-adiabatic, frequency-dependent electron-phonon self-energies for molecules and solids. Our approach enables the evaluation of electron-phonon interaction using hybrid functionals, for spin-polarized systems, and the computational overhead to include dynamical and non-adiabatic terms in the evaluation of electron-phonon self-energies is negligible. We discuss results for molecules, as well as pristine and defective solids.
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