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A more exhaustive list of potential applications has been presented in this [[doi> | A more exhaustive list of potential applications has been presented in this [[doi> | ||
- | The charge and spin localized states are created by enforcing electron and spin density localization within atom centered regions of space. The relevant theory has been derived by Wu and Van Voorhis in a series of key papers: [[doi> | + | The charge and spin localized states are created by enforcing electron and spin density localization within atom centered regions of space. The relevant theory has been derived by Wu and Van Voorhis in a series of key papers: [[doi> |
- | In this tutorial, only the main results | + | In this tutorial, only the main theoretical aspects |
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- | where $c_j$ are atomic coefficients which determine how each atom is included in the constraint (more on this later), $P_j$ is the so-called cell function which determines the volume occupied by atom $j$ according to some population analysis method, and $\mathcal{N}$ is the set of all atoms in a system. Currently, only the Becke partitioning scheme is fully supported in CP2K, which will be elaborated in the following section. Different types of constraints can be constructed by modifying the weight function according to the following conventions | + | where $c_j$ are atomic coefficients which determine how each atom is included in the constraint (more on this later), $P_j$ is the so-called cell function which determines the volume occupied by atom $j$ according to some population analysis method, and $\mathcal{N}$ is the set of all atoms in a system. Different types of constraints can be constructed by modifying the weight function according to the following conventions |
* charge density constraint ($\rho^\uparrow + \rho^\downarrow$): | * charge density constraint ($\rho^\uparrow + \rho^\downarrow$): | ||
* magnetization density constraint ($\rho^\uparrow - \rho^\downarrow$): | * magnetization density constraint ($\rho^\uparrow - \rho^\downarrow$): | ||
* spin specific constraint ($\rho^{\uparrow/ | * spin specific constraint ($\rho^{\uparrow/ | ||
- | When CDFT is used in a molecular dynamics or a geometry optimization simulation, additional force terms arising from the constraints are calculated | + | The Becke and Hirshfeld space partitioning schemes can be used as constraint weight functions in CP2K. The main differences between these two constraints will be explained in a subsequent section. Please note that Becke constraints have been tested much more extensively. |
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+ | When CDFT is used in a molecular dynamics or a geometry optimization simulation, additional force terms arising from the constraints are calculated | ||
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