Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 7, Numéro C2, Avril 1997
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure
Page(s) C2-121 - C2-124
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4/1997099
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure

J. Phys. IV France 7 (1997) C2-121-C2-124

DOI: 10.1051/jp4/1997099

Non-Local Self-Energy Models for XAS

A.L. Ankudinov and J.J. Rehr

Physics Department, Box 351560, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1560, U.S.A.


Abstract
Ab initio calculations of X-ray absorption spectra (XAS) and its fine structure (XAFS) are dependent on the many-body exchange and correlation interaction between the photoelectron and the Fermi sea. Non-local Hartree-Fock (HF) exchange provides a better description of exchange with core electrons while the local density approximation (LDA) is usually better for valence electrons. The GW approximation for the self-energy Σ provides a systematic way of joining HF and LDA, using the natural separation of Σ into core and valence parts. This exchange model is implemented in FEFF7, a new Dirac-Fock based generalization of the FEFF6 code for XAS calculations. Improvements are found compared with LDA based codes, namely more accurate excitation energies, phase shifts, amplitudes. These lead to improved near edge calculations and improved distance and coordination number determinations from XAFS analysis. Spin dependent self-energies and applications to XMCD are also discussed.



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