{"paper":{"title":"Applicability of Kerker preconditioning scheme to the self-consistent density functional theory calculations of inhomogeneous systems","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["physics.comp-ph"],"primary_cat":"cond-mat.mtrl-sci","authors_text":"Haifeng Song, Han Wang, Xingyu Gao, Yu Liu, Yuzhi Zhou","submitted_at":"2017-07-04T08:39:42Z","abstract_excerpt":"Kerker preconditioner, based on the dielectric function of homogeneous electron gas, is designed to accelerate the self-consistent field (SCF) iteration in the density functional theory (DFT) calculations. However, question still remains regarding its applicability to the inhomogeneous systems. In this paper, we develop a modified Kerker preconditioning scheme which captures the long-range screening behavior of inhomogeneous systems thus improve the SCF convergence. The effectiveness and efficiency is shown by the tests on long-z slabs of metals, insulators and metal-insulator contacts. For si"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1707.00848","kind":"arxiv","version":4},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}