Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 10, Issue 4, 047601(2025)

Applying the Liouville–Lanczos method of time-dependent density-functional theory to warm dense matter

Zhandos A. Moldabekov1,2、a), Sebastian Schwalbe1,2, Thomas Gawne1,2, Thomas R. Preston3, Jan Vorberger2, and Tobias Dornheim1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), D-02826 Görlitz, Germany
  • 2Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), D-01328 Dresden, Germany
  • 3European XFEL, D-22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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    Convergence with respect to the number of Lanczos iterations in LL calculations of the electronic DSF of isochorically heated Al at T = 6 eV. The LL calculation results with 2000 Lanczos iterations (blue curve) are visually nearly indistinguishable from the results with 3000 Lanczos iterations (red curve).
    Comparison of the DSF of isochorically heated Al computed using the LL method and the standard LR-TDDFT at different momentum transfer values for T = 6 eV.
    DSF results for isochorically heated Al at T = 6 eV using LDA and GGA level XC functionals in the LL method employing norm-conserving pseudopotentials and the standard LR-TDDFT within the PAW framework.
    (a) Density distribution in simulation cell (in units of mean density n0) with N = 14 protons at rs = 2 and T = 12.58 eV. (b) Illustration of convergence of the DSF calculations of warm dense hydrogen with respect to the number of Lanczos iterations in the LL method. (c) Comparison of DSF results computed using ultrasoft and norm-conserving pseudopotentials in the LL method with standard LR-TDDFT within the PAW framework.
    The same as in Fig. 4(c), but presented over a wider frequency range ω using a logarithmic scale.
    (a) DSF of warm dense hydrogen computed using ten different snapshots of N = 14 protons (red lines) and corresponding averaged result (green line). (b) Shifted ITCF results defined by Eq. (9) from the calculations using the LL method and PIMC. The DSF and ITCF results are compared with the data computed for a UEG model.107 The LR-TDDFT and PIMC results were computed at rs = 2, T = 12.58 eV, and q≃1.528Å−1, and using the Lorentzian smearing parameter η = 0.2 eV.
    Simulation results of (a) DSF and (b) shifted ITCF for warm dense hydrogen at rs = 2 and T = 12.58 eV. The Lorentzian smearing parameter is varied in the range 0.1 eV ≤ η ≤ 0.8 eV. The calculations were performed by averaging over ten different snapshots of 14 protons.
    (a) DSF of warm dense hydrogen computed using ten different snapshots of N = 14 protons (red lines) and corresponding averaged result (green line) at η = 2 eV. (b) Effect of variation of the Lorentzian smearing parameter in the range 0.1 eV ≤ η ≤ 3.0 eV. (c) Shifted ITCF results defined by Eq. (9) from calculations using the LL method (with different η values) and PIMC. The DSF and ITCF results are compared with the data computed using the UEG model.107 The results are presented for rs = 2 and T = 12.58 eV.
    Comparison of the DSFs of warm dense hydrogen computed using 14, 32, and 100 particles in the simulation cell at rs = 2.0 and T = 12.58 eV. The Lorentzian smearing parameter was set to η = 0.3 eV for q≃1.528Å−1 and to η = 3.0 eV for q≃4.584Å−1. The results were computed using the LL approach to LR-TDDFT.
    Simulation results for (a) DSF and (b) shifted ITCF for warm dense hydrogen at q≃0.946Å−1, rs = 3.23, and T = 4.8 eV, with the Lorentzian smearing parameter set to η = 0.3 eV. The LL method-based LR-TDDFT calculations were performed by averaging over 20 different snapshots of 14 protons. The results are compared with the data computed using the UEG model107 and with the PIMC results for warm dense hydrogen.44
    Simulation results for (a) DSF and (b) shifted ITCF (9) for warm dense hydrogen at q≃2.838Å−1, rs = 3.23, and T = 4.8 eV, with the Lorentzian smearing parameter set to η = 0.5 eV. The LL method-based LR-TDDFT calculations were performed by averaging over 20 different snapshots of 14 protons. The results are compared with the data computed using the UEG model107 and with the PIMC results for warm dense hydrogen.44
    Comparison of the DSFs of warm dense hydrogen computed using the LL approach to LR-TDDFT with 14 and 32 particles in the simulation cell at rs = 3.23 and T = 4.8 eV. The Lorentzian smearing parameter was set to η = 0.3 eV for q≃0.946Å−1 and to η = 0.5 eV for q≃2.838Å−1.
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    Zhandos A. Moldabekov, Sebastian Schwalbe, Thomas Gawne, Thomas R. Preston, Jan Vorberger, Tobias Dornheim. Applying the Liouville–Lanczos method of time-dependent density-functional theory to warm dense matter[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2025, 10(4): 047601

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    Paper Information

    Received: Feb. 7, 2025

    Accepted: Apr. 9, 2025

    Published Online: Jul. 28, 2025

    The Author Email: Zhandos A. Moldabekov (z.moldabekov@hzdr.de)

    DOI:10.1063/5.0263947

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