Coulomb and Riesz gases: The known and the unknown

M Lewin - Journal of Mathematical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We review what is known, unknown, and expected about the mathematical properties of
Coulomb and Riesz gases. Those describe infinite configurations of points in R d interacting …

The uniform electron gas

PF Loos, PMW Gill - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The uniform electron gas or UEG (also known as jellium) is one of the most fundamental
models in condensed‐matter physics and the cornerstone of the most popular …

Efficient spherical designs with good geometric properties

RS Womersley - … computational mathematics-A celebration of the 80th …, 2018 - Springer
Spherical t-designs on 𝕊 d⊂ ℝ d+ 1 S^ d ⊂ R^ d+ 1 provide N nodes for an equal weight
numerical integration rule which is exact for all spherical polynomials of degree at most t …

A weight-dependent local correlation density-functional approximation for ensembles

PF Loos, E Fromager - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We report a local, weight-dependent correlation density-functional approximation that
incorporates information about both ground and excited states in the context of density …

Harmonium atoms at weak confinements: The formation of the Wigner molecules

J Cioslowski, K Strasburger - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The formation of the Wigner molecules in three-dimensional assemblies of equicharged
particles upon weakening of harmonic confinements with spherical symmetry is investigated …

Exchange functionals based on finite uniform electron gases

PF Loos - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We show how one can construct a simple exchange functional by extending the well-know
local-density approximation (LDA) to finite uniform electron gases. This new generalized …

Natural occupation numbers in two-electron quantum rings

V Tognetti, PF Loos - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Natural orbitals (NOs) are central constituents for evaluating correlation energies through
efficient approximations. Here, we report the closed-form expression of the NOs of two …

One-electron densities of freely rotating Wigner molecules

J Cioslowski - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
A formalism enabling computation of the one-particle density of a freely rotating assembly of
identical particles that vibrate about their equilibrium positions with amplitudes much smaller …

Two and three electrons on a sphere: A generalized Thomson problem

L Yang, Z Yao - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Generalizing the classical Thomson problem to the quantum regime provides an ideal
model to explore the underlying physics regarding electron correlations. In this work, we …

Transient uniform electron gases

PF Loos, M Seidl - Molecular Physics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The uniform electron gas (UEG), a hypothetical system with finite homogenous electron
density composed by an infinite number of electrons in a box of infinite volume, is the …