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Vaibhav Khanna¹, Soumi Tribedi^1,2, Bikash Kanungo³

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This review explores linking wavefunction theory (WFT) with density functional theory (DFT) by translating WFT quantities like exchange-correlation potentials. This offers insights into exact functionals and aids developing better DFT approximations.

Keywords:

DFT Kohn–Sham inversion WFT density functional theory energy density exchange–correlation potential line integral wavefunction theory

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Computational Chemistry
Materials Science
Quantum Physics

Background:

Density functional theory (DFT) is a cornerstone for electronic structure calculations, but its accuracy is limited by approximations in the exchange-correlation (XC) functional.
Wavefunction theory (WFT) provides systematically improvable accuracy for electron correlation but incurs higher computational costs.
Bridging DFT and WFT leverages their complementary strengths for more accurate electronic structure descriptions.

Purpose of the Study:

To review strategies for translating WFT quantities into DFT.
To focus on extracting exchange-correlation potentials and energy densities from wavefunctions.
To provide insights into the exact XC functional and guide the development of improved DFT approximations.

Main Methods:

Review of existing and emerging methodologies for WFT-to-DFT quantity translation.
Focus on extracting exchange-correlation potentials and energy densities from WFT wavefunctions.
Discussion of challenges related to finite basis sets in WFT and proposed solutions.

Main Results:

Identification of key strategies for translating WFT data to inform DFT.
Demonstration of how WFT can yield XC potentials and energy densities.
Analysis of the impact of basis set limitations and methods to mitigate them.

Conclusions:

Translating WFT quantities offers a pathway to understanding the exact XC functional.
These methods provide practical tools for developing next-generation DFT approximations.
The integration of WFT and DFT promises enhanced accuracy and generalizability in electronic structure calculations.