DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL
THEORY OF ATOMS
AND MOLECULES
ROBERT G. PARR and WEITAO YANG
Lunversiy of Nort Carta
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS « NEW YORK
1.1 The Sebdiger equation
“The principles of densiy- functional theory are conveniny expounded
by making relerence to conventional wave fonction theory. Therefore,
{his fist chapter eviews clemenary quantum theory (Levine. 1K
Meracher 1970, Parr 196, MeWeeny and Sutife 1989, Sabo and
‘Ostund 198). The ext chapter summarizes the more mivanced tech
‘sigs that we shall ned, manly having todo with deity maces,
‘Any protiem in the secre strcure of mater covered by
uation including the tme, tn mat ese, however one
stoma and molecules without time-dependent inter
ay
mhere E is the electronic enespy, W=W(.45-.. 3) it the wave
Fonction, and is the Hamitonian operator,
aS cameSare$! ars
oe) -32 ata)
‘the “external” potential acing o electron the potential duc to mace
‘of carps Z,. The coordinates of elton feompisespuce ordinates
and spin coordinates, Alomic ante are employed here and
Through this book (unless otherwise specie): the length ni I the
Bobr rau a(-0 5292 A), the charge unt the charge of hese,
andthe mass unt he mane ofthe electron, my Wht addons
fads are present, of eouse, (113) contains eta ters
"We may wit (1.12) more compactly at
Anti 40, aywhere
5 ws
ee tn,
ts ws
teense ect cy pid
en$t wan
the clecron-clecton repo enrzy operator. The total energy Wi
the electronic energy pts the maleus-moceus repubon every
ten 32% a
That is, “ss
woe aw
1s immaterial wheter one soles (1.1.1) for Eand ad Vox aera,
fr incdes eit detiion fH apd works with the Seocges
quntion inthe form AW = WW.
uation (111) mast be saved subject 19 appropriate hound
conditions, ¥ mont be wellbchaved creryhe, i partcult Joan
to" aero a infinity foram tom or molecule er obeying appropriate
Perioie Boundary condone for a replat inne wok. WI a
Probably dstibuon functions the Seve tht
102) ar" = pod of ding the sytem,
‘ith postion coranates between ® and
2 GE and spin coors
auto” a9)
Here de = ay ded stand oe thes ft -o ost and
Stands foe the Sets s30"- 7s, The sail coordinates ate como,
Uae the spin soorinatcs ae dicrete Became elesrom ate fermions,
‘Walcot be. antisymmetric with rexpeet to inerchange of the
oortates (both pace and spn of any two cleo.
“There ave many sepa independent solutions of (11) or a given
system: the egentancions Wa. wih corresponding energy eigemvales
E., The st V, is complete, and the W, may always be taken 10 be
‘ribgonal and morale fs acordance with (1 10],
Jveaet = (1) =o
We denote the ground-state wave function and energy by Wand
‘ere fe mam intgrton over 3V spatial coon and summation
over N spin corns
Expectation vals of observables are given by formulas of he ype
Jerawer onary
wey
w= 11
Jove
he A ein rt stig
cnet sige (pat manometer
(Geemaluc ofA For example, i i normalized, expectation values of
hee and poten energies ae given y the formals
vi=(t)=fwrtwas aaty
veel ()= frre an cay
‘eure te re et deers Tan; wy
Pad feo es pense
12 Vaan pce rhe ond sate
‘When sytem tin the sate WF, which may or may no sity (1.1),
{he average of many measurements of the energy ven by the formal
naw)
erm = SPA aa
wre
cay faves ay
‘Since, furthermore, cach prtclar measurement of he ener) ges One|
‘tthe eigenvalues off, we mmesitly have
FIVI> (23)
‘The energy computed fom a guessed W isan upper bound to the tue
tHoundsate coor Ey ll mumation of te tances [7] wih
‘spect toall alowed Aclcron wave funciom wil gv the toe ground
nd energy Ela = Ee: ta
een EN 029)mal pat of the inimeenerey pile of (123) goes mt
folows apund in ems of the srmatand eget of,
a25)
“Then the energy becomes
TiGres
029
FIGr
een
where Bis the eneray for the Ath eignsate of A. Note thatthe
Urthogomlty of the Ws hasbeen sed. Because By 6, = Ey
"ETW] 4 always greater than or equal 10 Ey. and i recherit
‘minimum £5 and only = Ga
‘Every eigenstate Wf am cxtemam of the functional EW) tn hee
words, one may replace the Schrdnger equation (1:1) wih the
“ariaiona pencpe
° a2
‘When (1.2.7) i sted, (11.1), and ce ver
Tis convenient esate (1.2.7) ma ay tht garnet he
sea wil somata be Sorat. Tis can te dc he meted
{Sf taprane ndctermined magn (7 of Arn 108 pes
SrA} Exscmiaton 0 (91 N)sbje oe otra C8] We
‘egufvlem to making tatonry the quanity (HH) EQ)
‘ethot constant the Lagrange maliper This per
UIA IW) ~ECW IW] =0.
‘One must solve his equation for W sa function of then
‘normalization is achieved It elementary t0 show the. euetal
‘uraence of (1.28) and (I-11). Soliton of (12.8) with forme of
‘sted to approniate forms W of agen type (tt aba of all
‘Mlowable W) wil pve welldefined text approximations |
fovrect W, and Ey. By (123), Eym By and $0 convergence of the
ncgy, fom ove, i sured sone anes more and move fede
‘Most contemporary cations on elect tute redone with this
‘ariatonalproedar, in some linear algebra implementation
"Excted-tate eigenfunctions apd eigenvalue aso sat) (128), but
te correspening methods for determing approximate, and Ey
encounter onbogoeaiy dice. For exampc, given , Ere mo
‘ecestaiy above Euless Wy orthogonal 1 the exact Vy
"To summarize: Fors system of W cetrons and given maear potenti
(eh, (128) dens a procedure for going from Nando) to the
roundsiale wane function Wand hence through (11.12) 0 the
Efountateeneriy EIN of and oter proprio teen. Not tha
the aatement there ie no mention of the Linte-energy of election
fepubion part of fl, becuse these ate universal in tat they ae
Atermined ty N- We ay thet Eis functional of Wand (0)
13 The Hartee-Fock approximation
Suppose now that sapproximated us an antsymmetzed product of N
ftonormal spin orale (x), each product of spatial ral $8)
{a pin funtion of) at) ox Ps), the Sater determinant
sts) wae => wate)
Wane ct | PE) WHO) wate)
ee) wa) va)
Fattinned aay
“The Harree-Fock approximation (Roctaan 1951 the method where
by the orthonormal otal y ae found that misimee (12.1) for thi
Serial form of.
“The normalization integral (yy | Pr) 8 equ 01, and he eneray
expectation value found tobe ven bythe Hema (oe example ee
Par 1963)
a= (tality =Snei Sony 0a
afer
efferent vieawarenen — ase
1-105 + vans) de 033)
Ka[Jvteoneo! wcawitrinte — 038
‘These itorals are all veal and J, Ky 20. The Jy ae call Cowlomd
‘repay the K, ae called exchenge imepral. We have the portant
sa
* dn Ke (36)
‘Tiss the reason the double summation in (1.32) can Inde the =Minimisation of (1.32) subject to the cethonormalcaton conditions
ic
ow ges the Hatoe-Fock diferent equations
Wiad de 8, aan
Foi 2 even) a38)
a
fasieaess as)
it te Cnty opt x) hy
paw cay
te
waa S Joteomao yards — can
a
favao=S foreareo2nere — cam
sith (4) an asbirry function. The mates € consis of Lagrange
‘ule in general comple) stained with the contrite of (13.7)
bo,
a4 as)
0 that eis Hermitian (Roothan 1951),
‘Matipying (13.8) by yf and interating one obtains the formal for
orbital energies
am (WF IW
sku-m caso
sig ean gig st 1:32,
fw Sonte ass
tec te sub Vm fr he tl scorn pn
=e 3
vex [vier 3) ae"
Sonn si)
Fer es al eer cena chang mle mpohicnions
ha from (1.9)
Wow Se Wet Woo asim
SH Va Vo sis)
[Note that neither Fy 08 iy equal 1 the sum of obtener.
‘Stun of (138) max proceed erative since the otal tat
solve he problem appear inthe operator F Consequently. the Hareee-
Fock method isa nonlinear “settconsisten eld” metho.
ora system having an even tombe of electrons a what i called the
rested Hanee-Foek mahed (RUF), the N avtas 9 ate taken 10
Comprise N/2 orbitals of form gu(shats) and N/2 ott of form
‘GHB. The energy formula (1.23) becomes
caw)
were
= | 9200I-IP + weet de aaa
dea[fiesoarinoaeindy aay
kex[Jotmviwmoeterinds (322)
se Hae Fok uot (1. od
Postey= eubhe) (1.3.23)
‘wth the operator F given by (139) ané (13.10), with (13.11) and
13.12) replaced by
invtsy=2 ¥ fieaey’Lensiey 4329
kaiyere S [ocerer Lens
“The determinant wave function 1.3.1) for this “osha ase
asalc
Pledas) oAedBla) ——- grated
1 | outedaes) eC) -- Oyate)B6
Yorn | . ‘
Adela) AsledPle) Pantera)
1.826)
‘An important propery of this wave function [and sho of the more
fener (131) that unitary transformation Of the oped ta
‘(or ) 10 another set of orbitals nq leaves the wave fection
Srchanged. excep posily by sn incomequental phase factor The
fperatrs fant Po (1.3.2) tough (13.25) for of (13.9) trough
CTS) ave ake lavaant to nich » tanormation (Roothton 195
Szabo and Oshnd 1982, page 10), Tha ist sy we et
nea ZUame az
ee Ui nary mat,
then (1.28) becomes
wus 328)
Pn Seton, 32)
o
e=uu" 330)
‘This exits the considerable freedom that exist inthe shoe of the
‘Sine the mati € is Hermian, one may choose the mati U to
dagonaize it The corresponding orbits, called the canonical
aree-Fock orbit, sats the canonical Haree“Fock equations,
Pale) e360) asa)
Equation (1.3.31) i comiderabty more convenient for eulaion than
(1323). Furthermore, the ofits that ate solutions Of (1331) ae
‘owest-energ)snge-determinamtal descnpion tor the on
‘niaot tail fom the canonical Hartree Fock orbitals of (1.3.31). One
then fos, approxima,
aan asm
here fa the ionisation energy ascited with removal of an eleciton
fom «he orbital ATs equation i in error, teense i ignores ath
‘reorganization and ero inthe Haree-Fock description (led corel
thom energy: se the ment selon: fortunately thes tend 0 ane
"The orbital energies forthe canonical Hartree-Fock orbs abo
‘contol the longrange Behavior of the exis Nivel, one woud
apet frm the ne letonnatee Of (13.31), ng exp (e202) ]
for trge rs Ths i correct for atoms wth + eleons ony, bt nti
‘Peal Insed, in goveal the reson (least-gative) o€ all of te
‘Serpe, determines the lonrange behavior of lf of the onal:
Ae~empl-(-2eed" forlager (13.35)
‘The long-range properties ofthe exchange pat of Pate response for
(his temarable beluvior (Handy, Marto, and Siverstone 1969) The
bperstor Fit nora Sterm-Lowile operate
"or the cosedsel case entre!) equtalent othe canonical Hartee-
Fook description ae the cela Harec-Fock description sind the
loclied Hartree-Fock desription. Clean! Harree-Fock obs
(Parr and Chen 1981, Nyden and Parr 1963) are obits the able
tars of which aes coe to each other a posi in sein sense
foe them the mae eof (13.29) cralnt matrix (agonal slement
iM equal, every row a eye permutation of every et) Located
Hestce-Fock orbits (ESniton and Racdenerg 1963) ae exis with
maximum selrepolson or minimum itrorbial exchange fatrscton
‘Te clecton pasion pat of (1.5.19) fom (138),
Wend-K aay
tere
soZau-Zmo[ZneZu] — aay
keZaeZur[Ze] aay
4 are cach invariant to unitary transformation, bot the terms in
Squte brackets in these equations a nt the uatry tentormation fo
‘oelizd ott an thereon he effected by maiming
Moet SB hu= Kee) assy
oF equivalently, by minimizing
Dk
CCculant oils are inortat because they ae orbitals that have
cquileat mathematical and pha footing, each very sow to thesquare root ofthe elton demity pet particle. Localized orbital ae
Imporaat beease the eabtence econcles molecalarxttal theory
‘sts the more tadtional descriptions of meecues mr had together Oy
Tread chemical bond
trom the beponing one eglcts all introbital exchange term in
the Hartee-Fock method, which corresponds 10 aung 1 product of
‘rita a the wae function i place of the antiaymmetrid product of
(131 oF (1.330), one ges the omhogonalieed Hare mathod. The
‘ose equation (1.325) replaced by
Aiet= Baal 336)
where
Av eerh ee)
fav
iray=[[wors2 3 vse] bem aan
Joh me sk SE st om Sa
Rees Sattar cea ots a
a
Son ie mae nian ann eromaer een nes
sem i ed pa ae
{Gis ke St eS pw
oe a eae inate fees emotes ae
Seah ioe See nae oan ae
Sepa ra caren tal cl Soe ent
Teeeeres imei grees een ee
epee eainsen atte eae ao
Seieecs pete igen hoe
leer ae nee Gata
Ste ti mate eres eee
Stas ied te we acre eee
ici od eons Caan tied aaa
Seca ah ran awa
ae oa
or one carers mn encrae nae pear ees
weoca ny Semana aatese ost
we
Seren cs i i Na
eo moran rey Sg a Nae te
RESO sSiy aparece et aa
Set tae nae
ae ee akan oan een
tena bien ine coe (rms) matin sgeraae problema of high
‘Geemitn,n itch esac semen ae cated rm say of
‘Spee crated forth bas ncn. Ire cl heb coe
20, eo om we fom (12) what Se ncoeny nega il Be
seefatonsos am
3.0)
3.4)
a econ -elecon repuion imerals
inimeff
Sometimes these ae all compsted exactly n which cane oe sys tha
‘on han ab ino method (For reviews, te Schacter 1977 and ae)
197. The term "a iio” wat sed st though intended to hate 2
ferent mening. in Pat, Craig. and Rows 1980) Sometimes these ae
‘etermined by some recourse to experimental data, in wich au oe as
Stomiompiral method (Par 18h, Sep 197). Sach dealt ae of
ourse vital, but here they wl ot be Of much cooeeh 10 us Se he
resent expontion
tended tid dndn, 3a)
14 Comreation energy
When one is interested ia higher accuracy. there are sesighforward
‘xtsions of the snle-determinantal dexrpton to simple “malcom
quran” desipions nvlving fw determinants (lor example, Seton
Sor Szabo and Oxtnd 192)
‘The craet wave fncin fora stem of many interacting lero is
sever a single determinant cc's simple combustion of few deter.
trinants, however. ‘The clclation of the eur in energy. called
‘Conlon energy, bete defied 10 be megane,
Bi = E~ Ee aay)
isa maor problem in many-body theory on which there has Been avast
amount of work and) mich progtes tar been made, The methodsemployed facade the linear mixing of many determinants (nitions),
faledcondguation interaction (Chapter 4 of Szabo ed Oxund 982),
‘nd many-body perturbation echniqus (Chapter of Sabo and Ostund
192), For comprehemave reviews, see Stanofia and Brace (970)
rey (1976, tad Wilson (1982)
Cortlation energy tenis to emai constant for stom ané molecular
‘tangs that conserve the numbers and typeof chemical fonds, Bu
‘an change drastically and become determinative when bonds change. Ie
teriids can vary fom 29 or 30S erm of aories pr make,
froma few hundred ofan stomic unt on up. Exchange ener ate a
drier af map or mor per even he eexcngstrm
1S Neto density
nan clacton system, the numberof electrons per unt volume i 3
{Bren sate is the eecron deny fo hat tate. Ts quant wil be of
[eat importance im ths hook: we designate by pt) formal in
{ems of 8
even ofa sina tate O80
‘This is nonnegative simple function of three variables, x.y, and 2
integrating wo the total name of eects,
Jor ée=w asa
“There has been much attention paid to the eleton deny over the
years (Smith and Absar 1977, Maps of electro deasies sre sate
many places (for example, Baler 170) Foran som in pound ste
the density deceases monotoncally away fom the nueus (Weinstein,
Potter, and Srobrenik 1775) in approximately piecewise exponent
fashion (Wang and Parr 1977), For molecules, tes siht demstues ook
lke superposed some Jensen. on close iaspection (experiment oF
theoretic, modest (bt sil quite small in absolute terms bale of
‘ensty are cea in bonding repons
"At any atomic nucleus imam atom, moleele, or solid, the eletron
‘ensiy has» ite value; fr an atom we designate this 0) Inthe
‘eghovbod of «maces there alway a csp in the deny ving 10
the necessity for Hamitonian terme ~V~ (2y/r,) ao 0 case bomeps
in fw thee. Te specie cusp condition (or example, see Daven
———
Sie) 1
hee 7) the sphere serge ofp.)
"Another important rest the long fane law fo lecton dens
p~expt-202ha) "1 ase
here fan i the ext es ionization potemal (Mowe Par, and Levy
Iss; eit paper ao contains a genealaation of Koopmans’ theorem),
‘The corresponding Hartree-Fock renk willbe, from (1-333),
Pe €=9-20-2ea) ass)
where ue EORIMAES lB (13.22)
inal we record hee tan fsa about electro demity from the
standard firstorde pererhation theory for 1 nondegenerate sate
Seppove the state VF is perturbed tothe state Py W240) by the
fone-lecron perturbation AV=, Av(e). The energy change to fist
dere
miafvearvta=[ninavnran, 050)
dee ted hn bo et rr
> a), i
vee ZONED y, as
‘The clecton-demity change i then, tft orer in,
aninv=n {fete rend ditt,
ene ORAM ff wrap teat}
Be een dn ase
‘here the “functional derivative” p70 f dined by
i
BA ence te foo weve te tn]
& EB
39)‘This quanity is ced the near ropome funtion. The symetty
prconacd 21 (1.59) i importa Is portation of plat potest
"Sen change a point 2, then the sae petutation at pt 2 wl
‘produce pot {precinct the same deny hangs Note at
Bout
-0 30)
All ofthese formals assume thatthe number of elections sted. Fora
[teal dacesion of functional derivatives, ce Appendix A
1.6 Hetimane-Feynman theorems and vial theorem
tA be a parameter the Hamaitonian and (2) be an eigentuncton of
fi Then
4e_cmaniaayy oa
ao cwr¥)
“eye HAM = BUI)
ray ~ 6a = HA wan
™ — pay = [eelamiony, i
raya) = [ORME gs)
‘These. identities are the_ diferent! Helmann-Feynman theorem
Cormat), the mera HetimareFeyaman theorem (Loma), abd the
Imegrated’ Weimann-Feynmanihorem (lrmala) (Epi, Hatley
‘yn and Pat 1967). The detvave 3A731 i wrens a part