Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1563827 | Computational Materials Science | 2007 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
We address the question of the prediction and interpretation of experimental spectra obtained by the excitation of valence electrons, such as valence photoemission spectra, Bremsstrahlung isochromat spectra (BIS), electron energy-loss spectra (EELS) or absorption spectra using ab initio methods. We discuss which levels of theory are appropriate for which experiment, from ground-state density-functional calculations to the random phase approximation and time-dependent density-functional methods, and also discuss many body effects in the quasiparticle framework. We show applications of these methods to three different transition-metal oxide systems: ZrO2, TiO2 and Cu2O.
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Authors
L.K. Dash, Fabien Bruneval, Virginie Trinité, Nathalie Vast, Lucia Reining,