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

Neepa T. Maitra, Robert van Leeuwen, and Kieron Burke
Phys. Rev. A 78, 056501 – Published 3 November 2008

Abstract

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.

  • Received 26 September 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.78.056501

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Neepa T. Maitra1,*, Robert van Leeuwen2, and Kieron Burke3

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College and City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA
  • 2Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Survontie 9, FI 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
  • 3Department of Chemistry, 1102 Natural Sciences 2, University of California Irvine, California 92697, USA

  • *nmaitra@hunter.cuny.edu

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Critique of the foundations of time-dependent density-functional theory

J. Schirmer and A. Dreuw
Phys. Rev. A 75, 022513 (2007)

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Vol. 78, Iss. 5 — November 2008

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