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How Semilocal Are Semilocal Density Functional Approximations? -Tackling Self-Interaction Error in One-Electron Systems
Akilan Ramasamy, Lin Hou, Jorge Vega Bazantes +4
Self-interaction error (SIE), arising from the imperfect cancellation of the spurious classical Coulomb interaction between an electron and itself, is a persistent challenge in mod…
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Artificial Symmetry Breaking by Self-Interaction Error
Lin Hou, Cody Woods, Yanyong Wang +7
Symmetry is a cornerstone of quantum mechanics and materials theory, underpinning the classification of electronic states and the emergence of complex phenomena such as magnetism a…