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Ab initio pseudopotential study of Fe, Co, and Ni employing the spin-polarized LAPW approach
The ground-state properties of Fe, Co, and Ni are studied with the
linear-augmented-plane-wave (LAPW) method and norm-conserving pseudopotentials.
The calculated lattice constant, bulk modulus, and magnetic moment with both
the local-spin-density approximation (LSDA) and the generalized gradient
approximation (GGA) are in good agreement with those of all-electron
calculations, respectively. The GGA results show a substantial improvement over
the LSDA results, i.e., better agreement with experiment. The accurate
treatment of the nonlinear core-valence exchange and correlation interaction is
found to be essential for the determination of the magnetic properties of 3d
transition metals. The present study demonstrates the successful application of
the LAPW pseudopotential approach to the calculation of ground-state properties
of magnetic 3d transition metals.Comment: RevTeX, 14 pages, 2 figures in uufiles for
Electronic Fine Structure in the Electron-Hole Plasma in SrB6
Electron-hole mixing-induced fine structure in alkaline earth hexaborides
leads to lower energy (temperature) scales, and thus stronger tendency toward
an excitonic instability, than in their doped counterparts (viz.
Ca(1-x)La(x)B(6), x=0.005), which are high Curie temperature, small moment
ferromagnets. Comparison of Fermi surfaces and spectral distributions with de
Haas - van Alphen (dHvA), optical, transport, and tunneling data indicates that
SrB6 remains a fermionic semimetal down to (at least) 5 K, rather than forming
an excitonic condensate. For the doped system the Curie temperature is higher
than the degeneracy temperature.Comment: Four two-column pages, three postscript figures. Phys. Rev. Lett.
(April 2000, in press
Evaluation of Exchange-Correlation Energy, Potential, and Stress
We describe a method for calculating the exchange and correlation (XC)
contributions to the total energy, effective potential, and stress tensor in
the generalized gradient approximation. We avoid using the analytical
expressions for the functional derivatives of E_xc*rho, which depend on
discontinuous second-order derivatives of the electron density rho. Instead, we
first approximate E_xc by its integral in a real space grid, and then we
evaluate its partial derivatives with respect to the density at the grid
points. This ensures the exact consistency between the calculated total energy,
potential, and stress, and it avoids the need of second-order derivatives. We
show a few applications of the method, which requires only the value of the
(spin) electron density in a grid (possibly nonuniform) and returns a
conventional (local) XC potential.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure
Dimensional crossover of the exchange-correlation energy at the semilocal level
Commonly used semilocal density functional approximations for the
exchange-correlation energy fail badly when the true two dimensional limit is
approached. We show, using a quasi-two-dimensional uniform electron gas in the
infinite barrier model, that the semilocal level can correctly recover the
exchange-correlation energy of the two-dimensional uniform electron gas. We
derive new exact constraints at the semilocal level for the dimensional
crossover of the exchange-correlation energy and we propose a method to
incorporate them in any exchange-correlation density functional approximation.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Applications of the generalized gradient approximation to ferroelectric perovskites
The Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof generalized gradient approximation to the density
functional theory is tested with respect to sensitivity to the choice of the
value of the parameter , which is associated to the degree of
localization of the exchange-correlation hole. A study of structural and
dynamical properties of four selected ferroelectric perovskites is presented.
The originally proposed value of =0.804 %(best suited for atoms and
molecules) works well for some solids, whereas for the ABO perovskites it
must be decreased in order to predict equilibrium lattice parameters in good
agreement with experiments. The effects on the structural instabilities and
zone center phonon modes are examined. The need of varying from one
system to another reflects the fact that the localization of the
exchange-correlation hole is system dependent, and the sensitivity of the
structural properties to its actual value illustrates the necessity of finding
a universal function for .Comment: 15 pages, 2 figures, PRB in pres
First-principles calculation of the intersublattice exchange interactions and Curie temperatures of full Heusler alloys Ni2MnX (X=Ga, In, Sn, Sb)
The interatomic exchange interactions and Curie temperatures in Ni-based full
Heusler alloys Ni2MnX with X=Ga, In, Sn and Sb are studied within the framework
of the density-functional theory. The calculation of the exchange parameters is
based on the frozen-magnon approach. Despite closeness of the experimental
Curie temperatures for all four systems their magnetism appeared to differ
strongly. This difference involves both the Mn-Mn and Mn-Ni exchange
interactions. The Curie temperatures, Tc, are calculated within the mean-field
approximation by solving a matrix equation for a multi-sublattice system. Good
agreement with experiment for all four systems is obtained. The role of
different exchange interactions in the formation of Tc of the systems is
discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Ab initio Studies of the Possible Magnetism in BN Sheet by Non-magnetic Impurities and Vacancies
We performed first-principles calculations to investigate the possible
magnetism induced by the different concentrations of non-magnetic impurities
and vacancies in BN sheet. The atoms of Be, B, C, N, O, Al and Si are used to
replace either B or N in the systems as impurities. We discussed the changes in
density of states as well as the extent of the spatial distributions of the
defect states, the possible formation of magnetic moments, the magnitude of the
magnetization energies and finally the exchange energies due to the presence of
these defects. It is shown that the magnetization energies tend to increase as
the concentrations of the defects decreases in most of the defect systems which
implies a definite preference of finite magnetic moments. The calculated
exchange energies are in general tiny but not completely insignificant for two
of the studied defect systems, i.e. one with O impurities for N and the other
with B vacancies.Comment: 8 pages, 10 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Efficient total energy calculations from self-energy models
We propose a new method for calculating total energies of systems of interacting electrons, which requires little more computational resources than standard density-functional theories. The total energy is calculated within the framework of many-body perturbation theory by using an efficient model of the self-energy, that nevertheless retains the main features of the exact operator. The method shows promising performance when tested against quantum Monte Carlo results for the linear response of the homogeneous electron gas and structural properties of bulk silicon
Surface and curvature energies from jellium spheres: Density functional hierarchy and quantum Monte Carlo
We consider spherical jellium clusters with up to 200 electrons as a testing ground for density functional approximations to the exchange-correlation energy of a many-electron ground state. As nearly-exact standards, we employ Hartree–Fock energies at the exchange-only level and the diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) energies of Sottile and Ballone (2001) at the correlated level. The density functionals tested are the local spin density (LSD), generalized gradient (GGA), and meta-generalized gradient (meta-GGA) approximations; the latter gives the most accurate results. By fitting the deviation from the LSD energy of closed-shell clusters to the predictions of the liquid drop model, we extract the exchange-correlation surface energies and curvature energies of a semi-infinite jellium from the energies of finite clusters. For the density functionals, the surface energies so extracted agree closely with those calculated directly for a single planar surface. But for the diffusion Monte Carlo method, the surface energies so extracted are considerably lower (and we suspect more accurate) than those extrapolated by Acioli and Ceperley (1996) from their DMC supercell calculations. The errors of the LSD, GGA, and meta-GGA surface and curvature energies are estimated, and are found to be consistently small for both properties only at the meta-GGA level. These errors are qualitatively related to relative performances of the various density functionals for the calculation of atomization energies: the proper self-interaction correction to the LSD for a one-electron atom is in the curvature energy (as it is in meta-GGA), not in the surface energy (as it is in GGA). Additionally, a formula is given for the interpolation and extrapolation of the surface energy σxc as a function of the bulk density parameter r
The local magnetic moments and hyperfine magnetic fields in disordered metal-metalloid alloys
The local magnetic moments and hyperfine magnetic fields (HFF) in the ordered
alloys Fe_{15}Sn and Fe_{15}Si are calculated with the first-principles
full-potential linear augmented plane wave (FP LAPW) method. The results are
compared with the experimental data on Fe-M (M=Si, Sn) disordered alloys at
small metalloid concentration. The relaxation of the lattice around the
impurity and its influence on the quantities under consideration are studied.
The mechanism of the local magnetic moment formation is described. It is proved
that the main distinction between these alloys is connected with the different
lattice parameters. Three contributions to the HFF are discussed: the
contributions of the core and valence electron polarization to the
Fermi-contact part, and the contibution from the orbital magnetic moment.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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