Adiabatic approximation in nonperturbative time-dependent density-functional theory

Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Apr 18;100(15):153004. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.153004. Epub 2008 Apr 18.

Abstract

We construct the exact exchange-correlation potential of time-dependent density-functional theory and the approximation to it that is adiabatic but exact otherwise. For the strong-field double ionization of the Helium atom these two potentials are virtually identical. Thus, memory effects play a negligible role in this paradigm process of nonlinear, nonperturbative electron dynamics. We identify the regime of high-frequency excitations where the adiabatic approximation breaks down and explicitly calculate the nonadiabatic contribution to the exchange-correlation potential.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't