COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS Computer Modeling & New Technologies, 1999, Volume 3, 19-24 Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Lomonosov Str.1, Riga, LV-1019, Latvia TOTAL ENERGY OF SOLIDS IN LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION YU. N. SHUNIN Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Department of Fundamental and Social Sciences, Divisiom of General and Applied Physics, Lomonosov Street 1, LV-1019, Riga, Latvia; e-mail: shunin@tsi.lv The method of the total energy estimation for atoms molecules and solids on the basement of developed analytical electronic potentials is proposed. Numerical estimations of total energies are also presented. 1. Introduction The most natural way of an estimation of a total energy of solids, apparently, is based on a formalism of a functional of a density of electronic charge [6-8]. A total energy as the functional of a H H density ρ (r ) for a ground state of a multi-electronic system if there is an external potential VEX ( r ) can be noted as: H H H H H 1 H H ρ ( r )ρ ( r ′) (1) E tot [VEX , ρ ] = T[ρ ] + d r VEX ( r )ρ ( r ) + d r d r ′ H H + E EX [ρ ] , 2 r − r′ ò ò ò where, accordingly, a kinetic energy, electrostatic energy of electronic gas with an external potential, energy of interelectronic interaction and exchange-correlation energy are summarized. Usually in using of H this general formula there are following problems: 1) determinations ρ ( r ) , minimizing a functional E tot [VEX , ρ ] ; 2) estimations of a functional of a kinetic energy T[ρ ] ; 3) estimations of a functional are exchage-correlation energy E XC [ρ ] . 2. On the Kohn-Sham approach Consequent, but the very laborious way of calculation was offered Kohn & Sham [7, 8] on the basis of a solution of a system of the one-electron equations for varied wave functions of dummy noninteracting electrons: {− ∇ 2 } H H H + VKS [ρ ( r )] ϕ j ( r ) = ε jϕ j ( r ) , (2) H where ϕ j and ε j are one-particle wave self-function and eigenvalue, VXS [ρ (r )] is the integro-differential operator of a potential: H H H H H ρ ( r ′) ∂E XC [ρ ( r )] H H H VXS [ρ ( r )] = VEX ( r ) + d r ′ H H + = VEX ( r ) + Vc [ρ ( r )] + VXC [ρ ( r )] . H r−r ∂ρ ( r ) ò (3) H Here VC , VXC are the Coulomb and exchange-correlation potentials, accordingly. ρ ( r ) then is defined by a self-consistent image similarly to a procedure in the Hartree-Fock-Slater method. Then the kinetic energy of a multielectronic system is found as: 19 COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS T[ρ ] = åϕ ε j − VRS [ρ ] ϕ j . j (4) j H Further, usually they use the local density approximation, which means, that ρ ( r ) is changed enough slowly and it is possible to suppose: H H H E XC [ρ ] ≅ d r ρ ( r )ε XC [ρ ( r )] , ò (5) H where ε XC [ρ ( r )] is the exchange-correlation energy per one electron of homogeneous electronic gas of a H density ρ ( r ) . The appropriate exchage-correlation potential then is represented as: H H ∂E XC [ρ ( r )] . (6) VXC [ρ ( r )] = H ∂ρ ( r ) There are different submissions for E XC in the literature. In this case we shall mark only the method of a determination ε XC in the form ε XC = ε X + ε C , (7) taking into account ε X = −0,9164 / rS (11) and ( ) ì ï− 0,2846 / 1 + 1,9529 rs 2 + 0,0040 rS , (rS ≥ 1) εC = í ï î− 0,0960 + 0,0622 ln rS − 0,0232 rS + 0,0040 rS ln rS , 1 (12) where rS the met earlier Wigner's radius (see, [1]. Then the exchange-correlation potential is received by the way: VXC = ε XC − rs dε XC . 3 drS (13) E.g., (10), (11), (12) allow to select «pure» exchange and correlation. However, using the Slater statistical approximation, it is necessary to write ε XC = H 3 H ρ ( r )VXC ( r ) , 4 (14) where 1 VXC = αVXS = VXα H ö3 æ 2 ö æ 3 = −6α ç ρ ( r ) ÷ , ç ≤ α ≤ 1÷ . è 8π ø è3 ø (15) And, therefore, in (14), (15) the exchange and correlation are indiscernible. It is a feature and, in a way, a lack of a statistical approximation. Gaspar, Kohn and Sham [1, 10], as it was specified earlier in [*], used in a variational procedure the Slater statistical approximation [VXiHF ]AV , that has given H 2 H VXGKS ( r ) = VXS ( r ) . 3 (16) The exchange potential (16) is equal to the exchange potential for electronic gas (5) on the Fermi surface for k = k F . It follows from here, that the exchange potential is: 20 COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS 1 VXGKS H H (r ) = −4æç 3 ρ (r )ö÷ 3 . 8 π è ø In connection with (5) choose select also exchange potential of Liberman-Slater [10]: æ ~ H H ö ç kS æ 3 VXLS (r , ε ) = −8ç ρ (r )÷ Fç 8 π è ø ç H 1 2 ( 3 π ρ r) 3 è ( ) ö ÷ ÷, ÷ ø ~ where one of the quantum numbers k i is exchanged by the energy-dependent parameter k ε . It is determined by the relationship: æ~ k ö ε =ç ε ÷ ç kF ÷ è ø 2 2 ö 2 æ ç ε F − VC + k F ÷ + VC − 2k F ç π ÷ø π è æ~ k Fç ε ç kF è ö ÷. ÷ ø The function F(η ) in this case plays a role trial parameter α . However, in practical calculations, as a rule, the exchange-correlation potential (15) is used with tabulated values α [1, 10]. 3. Total energy of a ground state of atom The essence of the model of atom in the statistical approximation of distribution of electronic charge is, that the electronic subsystem of atom is considered in a field of it's core as an electronic liquid (or an electronic gas with the«turned on» exchange-correlation interaction. The approximation, however, lies also in the fact that the electronic subsystem is considered locally free. It means, that in each point of H space r an electron of a subsystem is considered as a plane electronic wave. Then the energy of an atom H can be noted as a functional of a of electronic charge density ρ ( r ) : H E[ρ ( r )] = ò ( ) 3 3π 2 5 2 3 5 H H H H H 1 H H H H H H ρ 3 (r )d r + ρ ( r )v n ( r )d r + ρ ( r )v e ( r )d r + ρ ( r )v X [ρ ( r )]d r , 2 ò ò ò (17) where the first contribution is the total kinetic energy of electronic charge, the second - the electrostatic energy of electronic gas with a core, the third - the energy of interelectronic interaction; v n , v e , v X are corresponding interaction potentials. Considering the average electronic charge of atom being distributed with the sphere symmetry around a core, it is possible to write down (17) as: ( )ò 3 E[ρ (r )] = 3π 2 5 2 3 1 é 5 ù 4 ê ρ 3 (r ) + 1 ρ (r )V (r ) − ρ (r ) 2 Z − 9 α æç 3 ö÷ 3 ρ 3 (r )ú 4πr 2 dr , e ê ú 2 r 2 è 8π ø ëê ûú (18) where Ve (r ) - electronic part of a potential V G (r ) (see [2,12]). Total energy of an isolated atom then E tot = Te + U en + U ee + U XC , (19) where Te = 2∞ 3 ( ) òρ 3 3π 2 5 5 3 ( r ) 4πr 2 dr (20) 0 is the kinetic energy of electronic gas, 21 COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS ∞ U en = − ò 0 2Z ρ (r )4πr 2 dr , r (21) is the potential energy of interaction of an electron shell with a core, ∞ 1 = ρ ( r ) Ve (r )4πr 2 dr , 2 ò U ee (22) 0 is the potential energy of an interelectronic interaction, 1 U XC ∞ 4 9 æ 3 ö3 = − α ç ÷ ρ 3 (r )4πr 2 dr 2 è 8π ø 0 ò (23) is the energy of exchange-correlation interaction. Using the results [2,12], it is possible to make an estimation of potential energy U en . Then ∞ U en = ò 0 ∞ 7 2Z ρ (r )4πr 2 dr = 2 Z 2 f ′′(r )dr = 2 Z 2 [f ′(∞ ) − f ′(0 )] = −2,787 Z 3 , Ry , r ò (24) 0 where ρ (r ) = ( ) Z f ′′(r ) , f ′(r ) = − λ µ + A µ f (r ) , 4πr f (r ) = exp(− λr / µ ) / (1 + Ar / µ ), λ = 0,1837, A = 1,05, µ = 0,8853Z − 1 3 . The energy of an interelectronic interaction is also evaluated as: U ee = ∞ ∞ 0 0 1 ρ (r )Ve (r )4πr 2 dr = Z 2 2 ò ò (1 − f (r ))f ′′(r )dr . (25) −1 If now to take into account, that the potential of interelectronic interaction is changed ~ r , then, under the virial theorem [9], it is possible to evaluate a kinetic energy of electronic gas Te′ = − U ee / 2 , (26) which , apparently, should be close to Te . Evidently, (20) and (26) are different methods of determination of the same magnitude. Energies of different isolated atoms [11] in comparison with results of self-consistent calculations [1, 9, 10] are indicated in the Table. TABLE. Energies of isolated atoms Z 2 10 14 Te , R y U en , R y U ee , R y U XC , R y U XC , R y E tot , R y E tot , R y (20),(26) 4.743 5.284 202.811 226.632 444.484 497.204 (21) -14.003 -14.045 -597.858 -600.439 -1313.519 -1316.542 (22) 2.642 (23) -1.542 [10] -2.052 [1,9,10] 113.316 -21.346 -24.217 248.602 -37.288 (19) -8.1611 -7.2446 -303.077 -264.907 653.103 571.258 22 -257.094 -577.638 COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS 15 521.938 582.318 606.820 617.156 798.875 891.878 3059.055 3420.424 3286.751 3615.202 3523.840 3940.470 4026.540 4502.986 9069.757 10132.014 9490.281 10602.484 16 18 32 33 34 36 51 52 -1540.026 -1546.496 -1790.473 -1797.834 2357.109 -2366.493 -9014.161 -9060.503 -9685.038 -9734.984 -10384.777 -10437.273 -11867.235 -11926.386 -26740.928 -26882.308 -27980.574 -28128.316 291.159 -41.742 338.578 -45.396 445.939 -56.239 1710.212 -143.696 1837.601 -151.303 1970.235 -158.963 2251.493 -174.698 5066.007 -309.185 5301.242 -319.364 -60.370 -188.308 -768.681 -669.411 -891.472 -776.024 -1168.552 1016.516 -4388.585 -3818.840 -4712.566 -4099.992 -5049.660 -4392.476 5763.094 5012.140 -12914.347 -11217.332 -13508.414 -11732.898 681.297 -794.927 -1053.635 -5504.111 The difference of kinetic energies Te and Te′ for each Z included in in the odd and even table rows, correspondingly, is stipulated by a method of their calculation. The values U en were calculated also by two methods, namely: ∞ é 2Z 1 ù + Ve (r )ú 4πr 2 dr − U ee U en = ρ (r )ê− r 2 ë û 0 ò , and as U ′en by the formula (21). As a matter of fact these values should coincide. The divergence arises during numerical integrations, that is explained by a weak convergence of integrals. By the way, the numerical integration under the formulas (20), (21), (22), (23) requires a large caution and can under certain conditions lead to large errors. This should be taken into account in usage of the given approach for more complicated systems. The special attention should be paid on comparison of the exchange-correlation energies obtained on the formula (23) with the data from [10], and also total energies (19) with the data [, 9, 10]. Thus, the formula (19) has been applied twice for of different values of kinetic energies Te And Te′ . The value E tot = Te + U en + U ee + U XC as a whole is more close on magnitude to values of self-consistent calculations. 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