Rationale for a new class of double-hybrid approximations in density-functional theory

Abstract

We provide a rationale for a new class of double-hybrid approximations introduced by Brémond and Adamo [J. Chem. Phys. 135, 024106 (2011)] which combine an exchange-correlation density functional with Hartree-Fock exchange weighted by $ł$ and second-order Møller-Plesset (MP2) correlation weighted by ${ł}^3$. We show that this double-hybrid model can be understood in the context of the density-scaled double-hybrid model proposed by Sharkas et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 134, 064113 (2011)], as approximating the density-scaled correlation functional $E_c[n_{1/ł}]$ by a linear function of $ł$, interpolating between MP2 at $ł=0$ and a density-functional approximation at $ł=1$. Numerical results obtained with the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof density functional confirms the relevance of this double-hybrid model.

4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Journal of Chemical Physics

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