PARSEC

For the astronomical distance measure, see parsec.

PARSEC is a package designed to perform electronic structure calculations of solids and molecules using density functional theory (DFT). The acronym stands for Pseudopotential Algorithm for Real-Space Electronic Calculations.[1] It solves the Kohn–Sham equations in real space, without the use of explicit basis sets.[2]

One of the strengths of this code is that it handles non-periodic boundary conditions in a natural way, without the use of super-cells, but can equally well handle periodic and partially periodic boundary conditions.[3][4][5] Another key strength is that it is readily amenable to efficient massive parallelization, making it highly effective for very large systems.[6]

Its development started in early 1990s with James Chelikowsky (now at the University of Texas), Yousef Saad and collaborators at the University of Minnesota. The code is freely available under the GNU GPLv2. Currently, its public version is 1.4.4. Some of the physical/chemical properties calculated by this code are: Kohn–Sham band structure, atomic forces (including molecular dynamics capabilities), static susceptibility, magnetic dipole moment, and many additional molecular and solid state properties.

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References

  1. ^ Kronik, Leeor; Makmal, Adi; Tiago, Murilo L.; Alemany, M. M. G.; Jain, Manish; Huang, Xiangyang; Saad, Yousef; Chelikowsky, James R. (2006). "PARSEC – the pseudopotential algorithm for real-space electronic structure calculations: recent advances and novel applications to nano-structures". Physica Status Solidi B. 243 (5): 1063–1079. Bibcode:2006PSSBR.243.1063K. doi:10.1002/pssb.200541463. ISSN 0370-1972. S2CID 122821136.
  2. ^ Chelikowsky, James R.; Troullier, N.; Saad, Y. (1994-02-21). "Finite-difference-pseudopotential method: Electronic structure calculations without a basis". Physical Review Letters. 72 (8): 1240–1243. Bibcode:1994PhRvL..72.1240C. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.72.1240. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 10056658.
  3. ^ Alemany, M. M. G.; Jain, Manish; Kronik, Leeor; Chelikowsky, James R. (2004-02-12). "Real-space pseudopotential method for computing the electronic properties of periodic systems". Physical Review B. 69 (7): 075101. Bibcode:2004PhRvB..69g5101A. doi:10.1103/physrevb.69.075101. ISSN 1098-0121. S2CID 35253486.
  4. ^ Natan, Amir; Benjamini, Ayelet; Naveh, Doron; Kronik, Leeor; Tiago, Murilo L.; Beckman, Scott P.; Chelikowsky, James R. (2008-08-12). "Real-space pseudopotential method for first principles calculations of general periodic and partially periodic systems". Physical Review B. 78 (7): 075109. Bibcode:2008PhRvB..78g5109N. doi:10.1103/physrevb.78.075109. ISSN 1098-0121. S2CID 123147721.
  5. ^ Han, Jiaxin; Tiago, Murilo L.; Chan, T.-L.; Chelikowsky, James R. (2008-10-14). "Real space method for the electronic structure of one-dimensional periodic systems". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 129 (14): 144109. Bibcode:2008JChPh.129n4109H. doi:10.1063/1.2988316. ISSN 0021-9606. PMID 19045136.
  6. ^ Stathopoulos, A.; Öğüt, S.; Saad, Y.; Chelikowsky, J.; Kim, H. (2000). "Parallel methods and tools for predicting material properties". Computing in Science & Engineering. 2 (4): 19–32. Bibcode:2000CSE.....2d..19S. doi:10.1109/5992.852388. ISSN 1521-9615. S2CID 17646221.