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Development of a Correction Term for the Kinetic Energy Density Functional

dc.contributor.authorNwankwo, Udoka
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-11T12:55:49Z
dc.date.available2017-01-11T12:55:49Z
dc.date.issued2014-12-15
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.aust.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/546
dc.description.abstractDensity functional theory (DFT) is a useful theoretical and computational tool for electronic structure calculations, which form the basis for the classification of materials into conductors, semiconductors or insulators. DFT started with a crude approximation by Thomas and Fermi (TF theory) which calculated the kinetic energy of electrons using the so-called local density approximation (LDA). Although TF is computationally inexpensive, it provides a poor numerical result due to a lack of understanding of the density dependence of the kinetic energy. Another approximation to the kinetic energy is the von-Weizsacker (vW) term, which greatly improves the TF theory, yet the full functional form of the kinetic energy remains unknown. We seek to develop a supplemental term to the kinetic energy density functional and compute corrections to the Thomas-Fermi-von-Weizsacker kinetic energy of closed shell atoms in order to improve its accuracy.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectNwankwo Udokaen_US
dc.subjectDr Akin-Ojo Omololuen_US
dc.subject2014 Theoretical Physics Thesesen_US
dc.subjectEnergyen_US
dc.subjectKinetic Energy Density Functionalen_US
dc.titleDevelopment of a Correction Term for the Kinetic Energy Density Functionalen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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