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One-body reduced density-matrix functional theory for the canonical ensemble

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Abstract

We establish one-body reduced density matrix (1RDM) functional theory for the canonical ensemble in a finite basis set at an elevated temperature. Including temperature guarantees the differentiability of the universal functional by occupying all states and additionally not fully occupying the states in a fermionic system. We use the convexity of the universal functional and invertibility of the potential-to-1RDM map to show that the subgradient contains only one element which is equivalent to differentiability. This allows us to show that all 1RDMs with a purely fractional occupation number spectrum (0<ni<1i) are uniquely v-representable up to a constant.

Original languageEnglish
Article number022210
Pages (from-to)1-7
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review A
Volume107
Issue number2
Early online date10 Feb 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge support by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) under Vici Grant No. 724.017.001.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 American Physical Society.

Funding

The authors acknowledge support by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) under Vici Grant No. 724.017.001.

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  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
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