A Primer in Density Functional Theory (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Contributors: Carlos Fiolhais (Editor); Fernando Nogueira (Editor); Miguel A.L. Marques (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 5, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9783540030836
Subjects: Quantum & theoretical chemistry; Quantum Theory; Density functionals; Science; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical; PHYSICS; Science / Mathematical Physics; Science-Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical; Science-Physics; density functional theory; many-body systems; Mathematical Physics
First sentence: The material world of everyday experience, as studied by chemistry and condensed-matter physics, is built up from electrons and a few (or at most a few hundred) kinds of nuclei .
Description: Density functional theory (DFT) is by now a well-established method for tackling the quantum mechanics of many-body systems. Originally applied to compute properties of atoms and simple molecules, DFT has quickly become a work horse for more complex applications in the chemical and materials sciences. The present set of lectures, spanning the whole range from basic principles to relativistic and time-dependent extensions of the theory, is the ideal introduction for graduate students or nonspecialist researchers wishing to familiarize themselves with both the basic and most advanced techniques in this field.