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Finite Temperature Path Integral Method for Fermions and Bosons: a Grand Canonical Approach M. Skorobogatiy and J.D. Joannopoulos MIT
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Non Zero Temperature DFT
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Self-Consistent Algorithm for Finding Density Matrix Given density matrix calculate Given H KS calculate Fixing the number of particles update Self-consistency is reached Done NoYes
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Ways of evaluating 1) Explicit Hamiltonian diagonalization – expansion into the eigen modes ψ of a Hamiltonian 2) Implicit Hamiltonian diagonalization – expansion into any complete set of modes ψ
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Ways of evaluating 1) Expansion into polynomial series 2) Integral representation 3) Path integral representation – 2) assumes |ψ>=|r>, evaluates 2) by introducing intermediate states and separating kinetic and potential energies
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Power of Path Integral Formulation quantum particle at TP classical particles at PT
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Natural Variables in a Path Integral Approach PP PP
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Universal Functional
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Evaluation of D( P, P ) PP PP
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Universal Potential F ferm ( P, P P PP PP
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Conclusions Path Integral Formalism allows an elegant separation of “universal” and “system-dependent” properties for a particular problem Universal potential can be calculated in advance and used with different systems Advanced Monte-Carlo techniques can be used to evaluate a “system-dependent” distribution of natural variables
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