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Comment on “Critique of the foundations of time-dependent density-functional theory”

Kieron BurkeRobert Van LeeuwenNeepa T. Maitra

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PhysicsQuantum mechanicsPhysics::Atomic and Molecular ClustersDensity functional theoryTime-dependent density functional theoryPhysics::Chemical PhysicsThomas–Fermi modelAtomic and Molecular Physics and Optics

description

A recent paper [J. Schirmer and A. Dreuw, Phys. Rev A. 75, 022513 (2007)] challenges exact time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) on several grounds. We explain why these criticisms are either irrelevant or incorrect, and that TDDFT is both formally exact and predictive.

https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.78.056501