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Density Functional Theory Plus Dynamical Mean Field Theory within the Framework of Linear Combination of Numerical Atomic Orbitals: Formulation and Benchmarks.

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The combination of density functional theory with dynamical mean-field theory (DFT+DMFT) has become a powerful first-principles approach to tackle strongly correlated materials in condensed matter physics. The wide use of… Click to show full abstract

The combination of density functional theory with dynamical mean-field theory (DFT+DMFT) has become a powerful first-principles approach to tackle strongly correlated materials in condensed matter physics. The wide use of this approach relies on robust and easy-to-use implementations, and its implementation in various numerical frameworks will increase its applicability on the one hand and help crosscheck the validity of the obtained results on the other. In this work, we develop a formalism within the linear combination of numerical atomic orbital (NAO) basis set framework, which allows for merging of NAO-based DFT codes with DMFT quantum impurity solvers. The formalism is implemented by interfacing two NAO-based DFT codes with three DMFT impurity solvers, and its validity is testified by benchmark calculations for a wide range of strongly correlated materials, including 3d transition metal compounds, lanthanides, and actinides. Our work not only enables DFT+DMFT calculations using popular and rapidly developing NAO-based DFT code packages but also facilitates the combination of more advanced beyond-DFT methodologies available in these codes with the DMFT machinery.

Keywords: theory; functional theory; dynamical mean; combination; mean field; density functional

Journal Title: Journal of chemical theory and computation
Year Published: 2022

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