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Area of Science:

  • Computational Chemistry
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Real-time electron density propagation using time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) or time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) are widely used for modeling charge transfer.
  • The adiabatic approximation in these methods leads to inaccuracies in electron density evolution and spectral peak shifts, particularly in small model systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the size-dependence of errors in real-time density propagation methods.
  • To bridge the understanding gap regarding the performance of RT-TDHF and RT-TDDFT in systems of varying sizes.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of real-time electron density propagation using TDDFT and TDHF.
  • Simulation of systems with increasing size under continuous resonant fields to induce Rabi-like oscillations.
  • Modeling charge-transfer dynamics and peak shifting in simulated absorption spectra.

Main Results:

  • Errors in electron dynamics are size-dependent, diminishing as system size increases.
  • The largest simulated system demonstrated results most consistent with linear response theory predictions.
  • Simulated absorption spectra showed peak shifts that were also size-dependent.

Conclusions:

  • Despite potential inaccuracies in small model systems, RT-TDHF and RT-TDDFT methods may yield significantly less error for charge transfer and electron dynamics in larger, more realistic molecules and materials.
  • The findings suggest that the reliability of these computational methods improves with the scale of the system studied.