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To ensure the GOK variational principle, \cite{Gross_1988a} the weights must fulfil the following conditions:
$0 \le \ew{1} \le 1/3$ and $0 \le \ew{2} \le \ew{1}$ [or $\ew{2} \le \ew{1} \le (1-\ew{2})/2$].
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\subsection{Weight-dependent correlation functional}
\label{sec:Ec}
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Based on highly-accurate calculations (see {\SI} for additional details), one can write down, for each state, an accurate analytical expression of the reduced (\ie, per electron) correlation energy \cite{Loos_2013a, Loos_2014a} via the following Pad\'e approximant
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:ec}
\e{c}{(I)}(\n{}{}) = \frac{a_1^{(I)}\,\n{}{}}{\n{}{} + a_2^{(I)} \sqrt{\n{}{}} + a_3^{(I)}},
\end{equation}
where the $a_k^{(I)}$'s are state-specific fitting parameters provided in Table \ref{tab:OG_func}.
The value of $a_1^{(I)}$ is obtained via the exact high-density expansion of the correlation energy. \cite{Loos_2013a, Loos_2014a}
Equation \eqref{eq:ec} provides three state-specific correlation DFAs based on a two-electron system.
Combining these, one can build a three-state weight-dependent correlation eDFA:
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:ecw}
\e{c}{\bw}(\n{}{}) = (1-\ew{1}-\ew{2}) \e{c}{(0)}(\n{}{}) + \ew{1} \e{c}{(1)}(\n{}{}) + \ew{2} \e{c}{(2)}(\n{}{}).
\end{equation}
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\begin{table*}
\caption{
@ -777,6 +758,25 @@ Combining these, one can build a three-state weight-dependent correlation eDFA:
\end{table*}
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\subsection{Weight-dependent correlation functional}
\label{sec:Ec}
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Based on highly-accurate calculations (see {\SI} for additional details), one can write down, for each state, an accurate analytical expression of the reduced (\ie, per electron) correlation energy \cite{Loos_2013a, Loos_2014a} via the following Pad\'e approximant
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:ec}
\e{c}{(I)}(\n{}{}) = \frac{a_1^{(I)}\,\n{}{}}{\n{}{} + a_2^{(I)} \sqrt{\n{}{}} + a_3^{(I)}},
\end{equation}
where the $a_k^{(I)}$'s are state-specific fitting parameters provided in Table \ref{tab:OG_func}.
The value of $a_1^{(I)}$ is obtained via the exact high-density expansion of the correlation energy. \cite{Loos_2013a, Loos_2014a}
Equation \eqref{eq:ec} provides three state-specific correlation DFAs based on a two-electron system.
Combining these, one can build a three-state weight-dependent correlation eDFA:
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:ecw}
\e{c}{\bw}(\n{}{}) = (1-\ew{1}-\ew{2}) \e{c}{(0)}(\n{}{}) + \ew{1} \e{c}{(1)}(\n{}{}) + \ew{2} \e{c}{(2)}(\n{}{}).
\end{equation}
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\subsection{LDA-centered functional}
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@ -862,46 +862,25 @@ Concerning the KS-eDFT and eHF calculations, two sets of weight have been tested
\label{sec:res}
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First, we discuss the linearity of the ensemble energy.
To do so, we consider 5-boxium with box lengths of $L = \pi/8$, $L = \pi$, and $L = 8\pi$, which correspond (qualitatively at least) to the weak, intermediate, and strong correlation regimes, respectively.
The three-state ensemble energy $\E{}{(\ew{1},\ew{2})}$ is represented in Fig.~\ref{fig:EvsW} as a function of both $\ew{1}$ and $\ew{2}$ while fulfilling the restrictions on the ensemble weights to ensure the GOK variational principle [\ie, $0 \le \ew{1} \le 1/3$ and $0 \le \ew{2} \le \ew{1}$].
To illustrate the magnitude of the ghost interaction error (GIE), we have reported the ensemble energy with and without ghost interaction correction (GIC) as explained above [see Eqs.~\eqref{eq:WHF} and \eqref{eq:EI-eLDA}].
As one can see in Fig.~\ref{fig:EvsW}, the linearity of the GOC-free ensemble energy deteriorates when $L$ gets larger, while the GOC makes the ensemble energy almost perfectly linear.
In other words, the GIE increases as the correlation gets stronger.
Because the GIE can be easily computed via Eq.~\eqref{eq:WHF} even for real, three-dimensional systems, this provides a cheap way of quantifying strong correlation in a given electronic system.
It is important to note that, even though the GIC removes the explicit quadratic terms from the ensemble energy, a weak non-linearity remains in the GIC ensemble energy due to the optimization of the ensemble KS orbitals in presence of GIE.
However, this ``density-driven''-type error is extremely small (in our case at least) as the correlation part of the ensemble KS potential $\delta \E{c}{\bw}[\n{}{}] /\delta \n{}{}(\br{})$ is relatively small compared to the Hx contribution.
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\begin{figure*}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{EvsW_n5}
\caption{
\label{fig:EvsW}
Weight dependence of the KS-eLDA ensemble energy $\E{}{(\ew{1},\ew{2})}$ with (dashed lines) and without (solid lines) ghost interaction correction (GIC) for 5-boxium (\ie, $\nEl = 5$) with a box of length $L = \pi/8$ (left), $L = \pi$ (center), and $L = 8\pi$ (right).
Weight dependence of the KS-eLDA ensemble energy $\E{\titou{eLDA}}{(\ew{1},\ew{2})}$ with (dashed lines) and without (solid lines) ghost interaction correction (GIC) for 5-boxium (\ie, $\nEl = 5$) with a box of length $L = \pi/8$ (left), $L = \pi$ (center), and $L = 8\pi$ (right).
}
\end{figure*}
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In Fig.~\ref{fig:EvsL}, we report the excitation energies (multiplied by $L^2$) for various methods and box sizes in the case of 5-boxium (\ie, $\nEl = 5$).
Similar graphs are obtained for the other $\nEl$ values and they can be found in the {\SI} alongside the numerical data associated with each method.
For small $L$, the single and double excitations can be labeled as ``pure''.
In other words, each excitation is dominated by a sole, well-defined reference Slater determinant.
However, when the box gets larger (\ie, $L$ increases), there is a strong mixing between the different excitation degrees.
In particular, the single and double excitations strongly mix, which makes their assignment as single or double excitations more discutable. \cite{Loos_2019}
This is clearly evidenced if one looks at the weights of the different configurations in the FCI wave function.
Therefore, it is paramount to construct a two-weight functional (as we have done here) which allows the mixing of single and double configurations.
Using a single-weight (\ie, a biensemble) functional, where only the ground state and the lowest singly-excited states are taken into account, evidences a quick deterioration of the excitation energies (as compared to FCI) when the box gets larger.
\titou{Shall we add results for $\ew{2} = 0$ to illustrate this?}
In the weakly correlated regime (\ie, small $L$), all methods provide accurate estimates of the excitation energies.
When the box gets larger, they start to deviate.
For the single excitation, TDLDA is extremely accurate up to $L = 2\pi$, but yields more significant errors at larger $L$ by underestimating the excitation energies.
TDA-TDLDA slightly corrects this trend thanks to error compensation.
Concerning the eLDA functional, our results clearly evidence that the equiweight [\ie, $\bw = (1/3,1/3)$] excitation energies are much more accurate than the ones obtained in the zero-weight limit [\ie, $\bw = (0,0)$].
This is especially true for the single excitation which is significantly improved by using state-averaged weights.
The effect on the double excitation is less pronounced.
Overall, one clearly sees that, with state-averaged weights, the eLDA functional yields accurate excitation energies for both single and double excitations.
This conclusion is verified for smaller and larger number of electrons (see {\SI}).
First, we discuss the linearity of the ensemble energy.
To do so, we consider 5-boxium with box lengths of $L = \pi/8$, $L = \pi$, and $L = 8\pi$, which correspond (qualitatively at least) to the weak, intermediate, and strong correlation regimes, respectively.
The three-state ensemble energy $\E{}{(\ew{1},\ew{2})}$ is represented in Fig.~\ref{fig:EvsW} as a function of both $\ew{1}$ and $\ew{2}$ while fulfilling the restrictions on the ensemble weights to ensure the GOK variational principle [\ie, $0 \le \ew{1} \le 1/3$ and $0 \le \ew{2} \le \ew{1}$].
To illustrate the magnitude of the ghost interaction error (GIE), we report the KS-eLDA ensemble energy with and without ghost interaction correction (GIC) as explained above [see Eqs.~\eqref{eq:WHF} and \eqref{eq:EI-eLDA}].
As one can see in Fig.~\ref{fig:EvsW}, the GOC-free ensemble energy becomes less and less linear as $L$ gets larger, while the GOC makes the ensemble energy almost perfectly linear.
In other words, the GIE increases as the correlation gets stronger.
Because the GIE can be easily computed via Eq.~\eqref{eq:WHF} even for real, three-dimensional systems, this provides a cheap way of quantifying strong correlation in a given electronic system.
It is important to note that, even though the GIC removes the explicit quadratic terms from the ensemble energy, a weak non-linearity remains in the GIC ensemble energy due to the optimization of the ensemble KS orbitals in the presence of GIE.
However, this ``density-driven'' type of error is small (in our case at least) as the correlation part of the ensemble KS potential $\delta \E{c}{\bw}[\n{}{}] /\delta \n{}{}(\br{})$ is relatively small compared to the Hx contribution.
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\begin{figure}
@ -914,68 +893,90 @@ This conclusion is verified for smaller and larger number of electrons (see {\SI
\end{figure}
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Figure \ref{fig:EvsN} reports the error (in \%) in excitation energies (as compared to FCI), for the same methods, as a function of $\nEl$ for three values of $L$ ($L=\pi/8$, $\pi$, and $8\pi$).
We draw similar conclusions as above: irrespectively of the number of electrons, the eLDA functional with state-averaged weights is able to accurately model single and double excitations, with a very significant improvement brought by the state-averaged KS-eLDA orbitals as compared to their zero-weight analogs.
As a rule of thumb, in the weak and intermediate correlation regimes, we see that KS-eLDA single excitations are of the same quality as the ones obtained in the linear response formalism (such as TDLDA), while double excitations only deviates from the FCI values by a few tenth of percent for $L=\pi$.
Finally, we note that, in the strong correlation regime (left graph of Fig.~\ref{fig:EvsN}), the single excitation energies obtained at the state-averaged KS-eLDA level remain in good agreement with FCI and are much more accurate than the TDLDA and TDA-TDLA excitation energies which can deviate by up to $60 \%$.
This also applies to double excitations, the discrepancy between FCI and KS-eLDA remaining of the order of a few percents in the strong correlation regime.
These observations nicely illustrate the robustness of the present state-averaged GOK-DFT scheme in any correlation regime for both single and double excitations.
Figure \ref{fig:EvsL} reports the excitation energies (multiplied by $L^2$) for various methods and box sizes in the case of 5-boxium (\ie, $\nEl = 5$).
Similar graphs are obtained for the other $\nEl$ values and they can be found in the {\SI} alongside the numerical data associated with each method.
For small $L$, the single and double excitations can be labeled as ``pure''.
In other words, each excitation is dominated by a sole, well-defined reference Slater determinant.
However, when the box gets larger (\ie, $L$ increases), there is a strong mixing between the different excitation degrees.
In particular, the single and double excitations strongly mix, which makes their assignment as single or double excitations more discutable. \cite{Loos_2019}
This can be clearly evidenced by the weights of the different configurations in the FCI wave function.
Therefore, it is paramount to construct a two-weight functional (as we have done here) which allows the mixing of single and double configurations.
Using a single-weight (\ie, a biensemble) functional where only the ground state and the lowest singly-excited states are taken into account, one would observe a neat deterioration of the excitation energies (as compared to FCI) when the box gets larger.
\titou{Shall we add results for $\ew{2} = 0$ to illustrate this?}
As shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:EvsL}, all methods provide accurate estimates of the excitation energies in the weak correlation regime (\ie, small $L$).
When the box gets larger, they start to deviate.
For the single excitation, TDLDA is extremely accurate up to $L = 2\pi$, but yields more significant errors at larger $L$ by underestimating the excitation energies.
TDA-TDLDA slightly corrects this trend thanks to error compensation.
Concerning the eLDA functional, our results clearly evidence that the equiweight [\ie, $\bw = (1/3,1/3)$] excitation energies are much more accurate than the ones obtained in the zero-weight limit [\ie, $\bw = (0,0)$].
This is especially true for the single excitation which is significantly improved by using state-averaged weights.
The effect on the double excitation is less pronounced.
Overall, one clearly sees that, with state-averaged weights, KS-eLDA yields accurate excitation energies for both single and double excitations.
This conclusion is verified for smaller and larger numbers of electrons (see {\SI}).
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\begin{figure*}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{EvsN}
\caption{
\label{fig:EvsN}
Error with respect to FCI in single and double excitation energies for $\nEl$-boxium for various methods and number of electrons $\nEl$ at $L=\pi$.
Error with respect to FCI in single and double excitation energies for $\nEl$-boxium for various methods and electron numbers $\nEl$ at $L=\pi/8$ (left), $L=\pi$ (center), and $L=8\pi$ (right).
}
\end{figure*}
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It is also interesting to investigate the influence of the derivative discontinuity on both the single and double excitations.
To do so, we have reported in Fig.~\ref{fig:EvsLHF} the error percentage (with respect to FCI) on the excitation energies obtained at the KS-eLDA and eHF levels [see Eqs.~\eqref{eq:EI-eLDA} and \eqref{eq:EI-eHF}, respectively] as a function of the box length $L$ in the case of 5-boxium.
The influence of the derivative discontinuity is clearly more important in the strong correlation regime.
Its contribution is also significantly larger in the case of the single excitation; the derivative discontinuity hardly influence the double excitation.
Importantly, one realizes that the magnitude of the derivative discontinuity is much smaller in the case of state-averaged calculations (as compared to the zero-weight calculations).
This could explain why equiensemble calculations are clearly more accurate as it reduces the influence of the derivative discontinuity: for a given method, state-averaged orbitals partially remove the burden of modeling properly the derivative discontinuity.
For the same set of methods, Fig.~\ref{fig:EvsN} reports the error (in \%) in excitation energies (as compared to FCI) as a function of $\nEl$ for three values of $L$ ($\pi/8$, $\pi$, and $8\pi$).
We draw similar conclusions as above: irrespectively of the number of electrons, the eLDA functional with state-averaged weights is able to accurately model single and double excitations, with a very significant improvement brought by the state-averaged KS-eLDA orbitals as compared to their zero-weight analogs.
As a rule of thumb, in the weak and intermediate correlation regimes, we see that KS-eLDA single excitations are of the same quality as the ones obtained in the linear response formalism (such as TDLDA), while double excitations only deviates from the FCI values by a few tenth of percent for these two box lengths.
Moreover, we note that, in the strong correlation regime (left graph of Fig.~\ref{fig:EvsN}), the single excitation energies obtained at the state-averaged KS-eLDA level remain in good agreement with FCI and are much more accurate than the TDLDA and TDA-TDLDA excitation energies which can deviate by up to $60 \%$.
This also applies to double excitations, the discrepancy between FCI and KS-eLDA remaining of the order of a few percents in the strong correlation regime.
These observations nicely illustrate the robustness of the present state-averaged GOK-DFT scheme in any correlation regime for both single and double excitations.
This is definitely a very pleasing outcome.
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\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{EvsL_5_HF}
\caption{
\label{fig:EvsLHF}
Error with respect to FCI (in \%) associated with the single excitation $\Ex{(1)}$ (bottom) and double excitation $\Ex{(2)}$ (top) as a function of the box length $L$ for 5-boxium at the KS-eLDA (solid lines) and eHF (dashed lines) levels of theory.
Error with respect to FCI (in \%) associated with the single excitation $\Ex{(1)}$ (bottom) and double excitation $\Ex{(2)}$ (top) as a function of the box length $L$ for 5-boxium at the KS-eLDA (solid lines) and eHF (dashed lines) levels.
Zero-weight (\ie, $\ew{1} = \ew{2} = 0$, red lines) and state-averaged (\ie, $\ew{1} = \ew{2} = 1/3$, blue lines) calculations are reported.
}
\end{figure}
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Finally, in Fig.~\ref{fig:EvsN_HF}, we report the same quantities as a function of the number of electrons for a box of length $8\pi$ (\ie, in the strongly-correlated regime).
The difference between the eHF and KS-eLDA excitation energies undoubtedly show that, even in the strongly-correlated regime, the derivative discontinuity has i) a small impact on the double excitations and has a slight tendency of worsening the excitation energies in the case of state-averaged weights, and ii) a rather large influence on the single excitation energies obtained in the zero-weight limit, showing once again that the usage of state-averaged weights has the benefit of significantly reducing the magnitude of the derivative discontinuity.
It is also interesting to investigate the influence of the derivative discontinuity on both the single and double excitations.
To do so, we have reported in Fig.~\ref{fig:EvsLHF} the error percentage (with respect to FCI) on the excitation energies obtained at the KS-eLDA and eHF levels [see Eqs.~\eqref{eq:EI-eLDA} and \eqref{eq:EI-eHF}, respectively] as a function of the box length $L$ in the case of 5-boxium.
The influence of the derivative discontinuity is clearly more important in the strong correlation regime.
Its contribution is also significantly larger in the case of the single excitation; the derivative discontinuity hardly influences the double excitation.
Importantly, one realizes that the magnitude of the derivative discontinuity is much smaller in the case of state-averaged calculations (as compared to the zero-weight calculations).
This could explain why equiensemble calculations are clearly more accurate as it reduces the influence of the derivative discontinuity: for a given method, state-averaged orbitals partially remove the burden of modeling properly the derivative discontinuity.
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\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{EvsN_HF}
\caption{
\label{fig:EvsN_HF}
Error with respect to FCI in single and double excitation energies for $\nEl$-boxium (with a box length of $L=8\pi$) as a function of the number of electrons $\nEl$ at the KS-eLDA (solid lines) and eHF (dashed lines) levels of theory.
Error with respect to FCI in single and double excitation energies for $\nEl$-boxium (with a box length of $L=8\pi$) as a function of the number of electrons $\nEl$ at the KS-eLDA (solid lines) and eHF (dashed lines) levels.
Zero-weight (\ie, $\ew{1} = \ew{2} = 0$, black and red lines) and state-averaged (\ie, $\ew{1} = \ew{2} = 1/3$, blue and green lines) calculations are reported.
}
\end{figure}
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Finally, in Fig.~\ref{fig:EvsN_HF}, we report the same quantities as a function of the electron number for a box of length $8\pi$ (\ie, in the strong correlation regime).
The difference between the eHF and KS-eLDA excitation energies undoubtedly show that, even in the strong correlation regime, the derivative discontinuity has a small impact on the double excitations with a slight tendency of worsening the excitation energies in the case of state-averaged weights, and a rather large influence on the single excitation energies obtained in the zero-weight limit, showing once again that the usage of state-averaged weights has the benefit of significantly reducing the magnitude of the derivative discontinuity.
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\section{Concluding remarks}
\label{sec:conclusion}
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In the present article, we have constructed a weight-dependent three-state DFA in the context of ensemble DFT.
This eDFA delivers accurate excitation energies for both single and double excitations.
In the present article, we have constructed a local, weight-dependent three-state DFA in the context of ensemble DFT.
The KS-eLDA scheme delivers accurate excitation energies for both single and double excitations, especially within its state-averaged version where the same weights are assigned to each state belonging to the ensemble.
Generalization to a larger number of states is straightforward and will be investigated in future work.
Using similar ideas, a three-dimensional version \cite{Loos_2009,Loos_2009c,Loos_2010,Loos_2010d,Loos_2017a} of the present eDFA is currently under development to model excited states in molecules and solids.
We have observed that, although the derivative discontinuity has a non-negligible effect on the excitation energies (especially for the single excitations), its magnitude can be significantly reduced by performing state-averaged calculations instead of zero-weight calculations.
Similar to the present excited-state methodology for ensembles, one can easily design a local eDFA for the calculations of the ionization potential, electron affinity, and fundamental gap.\cite{Senjean_2018}
Using similar ideas, a three-dimensional version \cite{Loos_2009,Loos_2009c,Loos_2010,Loos_2010d,Loos_2017a} of the present eDFA is currently under development to model excited states in molecules and solids.
Similar to the present excited-state methodology for ensembles, one can easily design a local eDFA for the calculations of the ionization potential, electron affinity, and fundamental gap. \cite{Senjean_2018}
This can be done by constructing DFAs for the one- and three-electron ground state systems, and combining them with the two-electron DFA in complete analogy with Eqs.~\eqref{eq:ec} and \eqref{eq:ecw}.
We hope to report on this in the near future.
%However, as shown by Senjean and Fromager, \cite{Senjean_2018} one must modify the weights accordingly in order to maintain a constant density.
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\section*{Supplementary material}