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Product basis set in the 𝘎𝘞 calculation ​

Product basis ​

The basis set to represent product of one-particle wave functions. This is the way to reduce the dimension of product.

,where . Some of pairs of (,) or (,) which has the same or are got rid of in the set of .

WARNING

In this notation, DOES NOT indicate the direct product between and .

Product basis ​

The MPB introduced above does not satisfy orthogonality. Therefore, we introduce an orthogonal basis. This basis also diagonalizes the Coulomb matrix. By doing so, the calculation of the exchange self-energy becomes easier. In equations, new product basis is represent by the liner combination of , i.e.:

Then, is satisfy the following releations.

where is Coulomb matrix and is eigen value. The coefficient and are obtained by soliving following generalized eigenvalue equation:

where is Coulomb matrix represented by , namely, . By using , Coulomb interaction operator is represented as follows:

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Since is a non-local function, the calculation of this matrix element includes cross terms of and .