BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Data::ICal 0.22 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Jun Liu\, Ames Lab\n\n
Predicting material-specific physical properties is always a fascinating goal of physics research. The current s tate-of-the-art methods for doing this are the density function theory (DF T) and its derivatives for lattice systems and Quantum Chemistry approache s for molecular systems. However\, their performance is hindered when bein g applied to strongly correlated systems either due to their intrinsic lim itations of being only valid in weakly correlated systems or not truly ab initio\, or limited by system and basis set sizes. Thus it is highly expec ted to come up with new ideas to help tackle this research goal. In this t alk\, I will discuss the possibility of having such an alternative line of thought based on Gutzwiller wavefunction and effective Kohn-Sham Hamilton ian\, and introduce an implementation of this idea in our recent work. Dis cussion on alternative implementations\, generality to different phases an d interactions will be provided.
\n DTSTART:20160517T180000Z LOCATION:Physics Building\, Room 313 SUMMARY:Gutzwiller paradigm and its first ab initio implementation in molec ular and lattice systems END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR