Modified Becke'05 method of nondynamic correlation in density functional theory with self-consistent implementation

Chem Phys Lett. 2012 Feb 16:525-526:150-152. doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2011.12.069. Epub 2012 Jan 5.

Abstract

Becke's B05 method for nondynamic correlation is simplified for self-consistent implementation. An alternative form is proposed for the nondynamic correlation factors that do not require solving a complicated nonlinear algebraic equation. The four linear parameters of B05 are re-optimized together with one extra parameter entering a modified expression for the second-order same-spin energy contribution. The latter is co-linear with the exact-exchange energy density and does not require higher moments of the relaxed exchange hole. Preliminary tests of this method show that it leads to a slight improvement over the resolution-of-identity B05 results reported previously for atomization energies, and to a definite improvement for reaction barriers of Hydrogen abstraction.