Two-component density functional theory study of quantized muons in solids
Deng Li, Yue Yuan, F. L. Pratt, Wenshuai Zhang, Ziwen Pan, Bangjiao Ye
Abstract
The quantum effect of light nuclei in materials is usually considered as lattice vibration and zero-point motion from an ab initio perspective. Here we start from full-quantized particles and take the muon as an example, considering the two-body quantized system of the muon and the electrons within two-component density functional theory, which can calculate the related two-body wave functions directly and automatically taking into account the quantum effect of the muon. We first simulate the two-body correlation energy and the pair-correlation function by quantum Monte Carlo, then construct a two-body self-consistent loop to solve the two-body density and then the hyperfine couplings are estimated. This is an attempt to reveal the quantum effect of light nuclei in materials from a different perspective. We finally find this fundamental method agrees better with experiments and shows good potential for further such calculations.