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most citedSQDFT: Spectral Quadrature method for large-scale parallel Kohn-Sham calculations at high temperature

66 citations · 227 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Unified open-boundary electrostatics in real-space density functional theory

Rajat Kumar, David Codony, Phanish Suryanarayana +1

We present an electrostatic formulation in real-space density functional theory that provides a systematic and unified treatment of the open-boundary electrostatics of isolated and…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Cyclic- and helical-symmetry-adapted phonon formalism within density functional perturbation theory

Abhiraj Sharma, Phanish Suryanarayana

We present a first-principles framework for the calculation of phonons in nanostructures with cyclic and/or helical symmetry. In particular, we derive a cyclic- and helical-symmetr…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Correlation function metrology for warm dense matter: Recent developments and practical guidelines

Maximilian Peter Böhme, Willow Martin, Hannah Bellenbaum +13

X-ray Thomson scattering (XRTS) has emerged as a valuable diagnostic for matter under extreme conditions, as it captures the intricate many-body physics of the probed sample. Recen…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Ab initio study of strain-driven vacancy clustering in aluminum

Sayan Bhowmik, Abhiraj Sharma, Andrew J. Medford +2

We present a first principles investigation of strain-driven vacancy clustering in aluminum. Specifically, we perform Kohn-Sham density functional theory calculations to study the…

physics.comp-ph2025★ 1 cited

GPU acceleration of hybrid functional calculations in the SPARC electronic structure code

Xin Jing, Abhiraj Sharma, John E. Pask +1

We present a GPU-accelerated version of the real-space SPARC electronic structure code for performing hybrid functional calculations in generalized Kohn-Sham density functional the…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Cyclic and helical symmetry-informed machine learned force fields: Application to lattice vibrations in carbon nanotubes

Abhiraj Sharma, Shashikant Kumar, Phanish Suryanarayana

We present a formalism for developing cyclic and helical symmetry-informed machine learned force fields (MLFFs). In particular, employing the smooth overlap of atomic positions des…

physics.comp-ph2023

Version 2.0.0 -- SPARC: Simulation Package for Ab-initio Real-space Calculations

Boqin Zhang, Xin Jing, Qimen Xu +8

SPARC is an accurate, efficient, and scalable real-space electronic structure code for performing ab initio Kohn-Sham density functional theory calculations. Version 2.0.0 of the s…

physics.comp-ph2023★ 15 cited

GPU acceleration of local and semilocal density functional calculations in the SPARC electronic structure code

Abhiraj Sharma, Alfredo Metere, Phanish Suryanarayana +3

We present a GPU-accelerated version of the real-space SPARC electronic structure code for performing Kohn-Sham density functional theory calculations within the local density and…

physics.chem-ph2022

On the calculation of phonons in real-space density functional theory

Abhiraj Sharma, Phanish Suryanarayana

We present an accurate and efficient formulation for the calculation of phonons in real-space Kohn-Sham density functional theory. Specifically, employing a local exchange-correlat…

physics.plasm-ph2021★ 26 cited

Properties of carbon up to 10 million kelvin from Kohn-Sham density functional theory molecular dynamics

Mandy Bethkenhagen, Abhiraj Sharma, Phanish Suryanarayana +3

Accurately modeling dense plasmas over wide ranging conditions of pressure and temperature is a grand challenge critically important to our understanding of stellar and planetary p…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 14 cited

Torsional strain engineering of transition metal dichalcogenide nanotubes: An ab initio study

Arpit Bhardwaj, Abhiraj Sharma, Phanish Suryanarayana

We study the effect of torsional deformations on the electronic properties of single-walled transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanotubes. In particular, considering forty-five s…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 10 cited

Torsional moduli of transition metal dichalcogenide nanotubes from first principles

Arpit Bhardwaj, Abhiraj Sharma, Phanish Suryanarayana

We calculate the torsional moduli of single-walled transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanotubes using ab initio density functional theory (DFT). Specifically, considering forty-…

physics.comp-ph2020★ 15 cited

Real-space formulation of the stress tensor for density functional theory: application to high temperature calculations

Abhiraj Sharma, Sebastien Hamel, Mandy Bethkenhagen +2

We present an accurate and efficient real-space formulation of the Hellmann-Feynman stress tensor for Kohn-Sham density functional theory (DFT). While applicable a…

physics.comp-ph2020★ 5 cited

SPARC: Simulation Package for Ab-initio Real-space Calculations

Qimen Xu, Abhiraj Sharma, Benjamin Comer +5

We present SPARC: Simulation Package for Ab-initio Real-space Calculations. SPARC can perform Kohn-Sham density functional theory calculations for isolated systems such as molecule…

physics.comp-ph2019★ 3 cited

M-SPARC: MATLAB-Simulation Package for Ab-initio Real-space Calculations

Qimen Xu, Abhiraj Sharma, Phanish Suryanarayana

We present M-SPARC: MATLAB-Simulation Package for Ab-initio Real-space Calculations. It can perform pseudopotential spin-polarized and unpolarized Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theo…

physics.chem-ph2019★ 42 cited

Equation of state of warm-dense boron nitride combining computation, modeling, and experiment

Shuai Zhang, Amy Lazicki, Burkhard Militzer +18

The equation of state (EOS) of materials at warm dense conditions poses significant challenges to both theory and experiment. We report a combined computational, modeling, and expe…

physics.comp-ph2018★ 16 cited

On the calculation of the stress tensor in real-space Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory

Abhiraj Sharma, Phanish Suryanarayana

We present an accurate and efficient formulation of the stress tensor for real-space Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. Specifically, while employing a local f…

physics.comp-ph2018★ 14 cited

On real-space Density Functional Theory for non-orthogonal crystal systems: Kronecker product formulation of the kinetic energy operator

Abhiraj Sharma, Phanish Suryanarayana

We present an accurate and efficient real-space Density Functional Theory (DFT) framework for the ab-initio study of non-orthogonal crystal systems. Specifically, employing a local…

physics.comp-ph2017★ 66 cited

SQDFT: Spectral Quadrature method for large-scale parallel Kohn-Sham calculations at high temperature

Phanish Suryanarayana, Phanisri P. Pratapa, Abhiraj Sharma +1

We present SQDFT: a large-scale parallel implementation of the Spectral Quadrature (SQ) method for Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations at high t…