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Bloch's theorem in orbital-density-dependent functionals: Band structures from Koopmans spectral functionals

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Nonempirical hybrid functionals for advanced electronic-structure calculations

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Electronic-structure calculations based on hybrid functionals have emerged as a standard technique used in physics, chemistry, and material science. Despite this success, hybrid functionals have the drawback of containing undetermined parameters. To overc ...

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Vertex function compliant with the Ward identity for quasiparticle self-consistent calculations beyond GW

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We extend the quasiparticle self-consistent approach beyond the GW approximation by using a range separated vertex function. The developed approach yields band gaps, dielectric constants, and band positions with an accuracy similar to highest-level electro ...

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Extremely large magnetoresistance in the "ordinary" metal ReO3

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Light-Induced Renormalization of the Dirac Quasiparticles in the Nodal-Line Semimetal ZrSiSe

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Learning the electronic density of states in condensed matter

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Electrons leave the flatland: out-of-plane charge dynamics in layered materials

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Insight into the electronic structure of semiconducting epsilon-GaSe and epsilon-InSe

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Pulay forces in density-functional theory with extended Hubbard functionals: From nonorthogonalized to orthogonalized manifolds

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