Mueller's Exchange-Correlation Energy in Density-Matrix-Functional Theory

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVA.76.052517arXiv0705.1587MaRDI QIDQ6205584FDOQ6205584

Authors: R. L. Frank, E. H. Lieb, R. Seiringer, Heinz Siedentop 

Publication date: 11 May 2007

Abstract: The increasing interest in the Mueller density-matrix-functional theory has led us to a systematic mathematical investigation of its properties. This functional is similar to the Hartree-Fock functional, but with a modified exchange term in which the square of the density matrix gamma(X, X') is replaced by the square of gamma^{1/2}(X, X'). After an extensive introductory discussion of density-matrix-functional theory we show, among other things, that this functional is convex (unlike the HF functional) and that energy minimizing gamma's have unique densities ho(x), which is a physically desirable property often absent in HF theory. We show that minimizers exist if N leq Z, and derive various properties of the minimal energy and the corresponding minimizers. We also give a precise statement about the equation for the orbitals of gamma, which is more complex than for HF theory. We state some open mathematical questions about the theory together with conjectured solutions.

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