BigDFT

BigDFT is a

BigDFT implements density functional theory (DFT) by solving the Kohn–Sham equations describing the electrons in a material, expanded in a Daubechies wavelet basis set and using a self-consistent direct minimization or Davidson diagonalisation methods to determine the energy minimum. Computational efficiency is achieved through the use of fast short convolutions and pseudopotentials to describe core electrons. In addition to total energy, forces and stresses are also calculated so that geometry optimizations and ab initio molecular dynamics may be carried out.

The Daubechies wavelet basis sets are an orthogonal systematic basis set as plane wave basis set but has the great advantage to allow adapted mesh with different levels of resolutions (see

BigDFT was among the first massively parallel density functional theory codes which benefited from

Because the Daubechies wavelets have a compact support, the Hamiltonian application can be done locally[5] which permits to have a linear scaling in function of the number of atoms instead of a cubic scaling for traditional DFT software.

See also

• List of quantum chemistry and solid state physics software

References

External links

• BigDFT web site

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