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Machine Learning Density Functionals from the Random-Phase Approximation

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Stefan Riemelmoser *
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Carla Verdi
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Merzuk Kaltak
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Georg Kresse
DOI:10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00848delete
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Kohn-Sham density functional theory (DFT) is the standard method for first-principles calculations in computational chemistry and materials science. More accurate theories such as the random-phase approximation (RPA) are limited in application due to their large computational cost. Here, we use machine learning to map the RPA to a pure Kohn-Sham density functional. The machine learned RPA model (ML-RPA) is a nonlocal extension of the standard gradient approximation. The density descriptors used as ingredients for the enhancement factor are nonlocal counterparts of the local density and its gradient. Rather than fitting only RPA exchange-correlation energies, we also include derivative information in the form of RPA optimized effective potentials. We train a single ML-RPA functional for diamond, its surfaces, and liquid water. The accuracy of ML-RPA for the formation energies of 28 diamond surfaces reaches that of state-of-the-art van der Waals functionals. For liquid water, however, ML-RPA cannot yet improve upon the standard gradient approximation. Overall, our work demonstrates how machine learning can extend the applicability of the RPA to larger system sizes, time scales, and chemical spaces.
Keywords:
AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS
ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE
DIAMOND(111) SURFACES
CORRELATION-ENERGY
EXCHANGE
RECONSTRUCTION
ADSORPTION
SCHEMES
STATES
WATER
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Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation cover
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
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University of Vienna
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