%0 Journal Article %1 kowalczyk2011assessment %A Kowalczyk, Tim %A Yost, Shane R %A Voorhis, Troy Van %D 2011 %I AIP %J The Journal of Chemical Physics %K EDFT excitons theory %N 5 %P 054128 %T Assessment of the $\Delta$SCF density functional theory approach for electronic excitations in organic dyes %V 134 %X This paper assesses the accuracy of the ΔSCF method for computing low-lying HOMO→LUMO transitions in organic dye molecules. For a test set of vertical excitation energies of 16 chromophores, surprisingly similar accuracy is observed for time-dependent density functional theory and for ΔSCF density functional theory. In light of this performance, we reconsider the ad hoc ΔSCF prescription and demonstrate that it formally obtains the exact stationary density within the adiabatic approximation, partially justifying its use. The relative merits and future prospects of ΔSCF for simulating individual excited states are discussed.

@article{kowalczyk2011assessment, abstract = {This paper assesses the accuracy of the ΔSCF method for computing low-lying HOMO→LUMO transitions in organic dye molecules. For a test set of vertical excitation energies of 16 chromophores, surprisingly similar accuracy is observed for time-dependent density functional theory and for ΔSCF density functional theory. In light of this performance, we reconsider the ad hoc ΔSCF prescription and demonstrate that it formally obtains the exact stationary density within the adiabatic approximation, partially justifying its use. The relative merits and future prospects of ΔSCF for simulating individual excited states are discussed.}, added-at = {2019-02-09T21:58:19.000+0100}, author = {Kowalczyk, Tim and Yost, Shane R and Voorhis, Troy Van}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a7181fbce34e81793cced900ca217fc6/skoerbel}, interhash = {3c11236147817aee93cb8591e5cea884}, intrahash = {a7181fbce34e81793cced900ca217fc6}, journal = {The Journal of Chemical Physics}, keywords = {EDFT excitons theory}, number = 5, pages = 054128, publisher = {AIP}, timestamp = {2019-02-09T21:58:19.000+0100}, title = {Assessment of the $\Delta$SCF density functional theory approach for electronic excitations in organic dyes}, volume = 134, year = 2011 }