Hi Augustin,<div><br></div><div>You're right. I just had an accompanying discussion regarding X-ray probes, hence the casual mentioning of XAS, which indeed would be irrelevant for UV. </div><div>That said, the electric field part does bother me. One of the reasons I asked about it is that I had issues with boron nitride disintegration under a field that was x1000 weaker than what we have here (DFTMD at the PBE-GTH level). As soon as the field was removed, the calculations proceeded successfully. In any case, it seems like there is a path forward. Thanks a lot for your response!</div><div><br></div><div>Alex<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto" class="gmail_attr">On Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 6:56:24 AM UTC-7 Augustin Bussy wrote:<br/></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p>Hi Alex,</p>
<p>If you are interested in UV absorption spectroscopy, you cannot
use the XAS LR-TDDFT method you mention. This method specifically
targets core states, and only X-ray photons could excite electrons
from these states. The typical energy of UV photons is a few eVs,
corresponding to electronic excitations from valence states. For
this, standard TDDFT is the appropriate choice. A priori, there is
nothing preventing you to run a TDDFT calculation with a strong
static electric field.</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Augustin<br>
</p></div><div>
<div>On 11/9/22 01:29, Alex wrote:<br>
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Hi all,
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<div>I have never done excited-state QC calculations, so I'd like
your general input on the basic possibility of getting
physically relevant data in our scenario. I have looked at the
article on CP2K's XAS LR-TDDFT and I am not entirely convinced
there's a path forward. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>What we have is a finite solid tip in the presence of a
strong strong (order of tens V/nm) electric field, say, along
the tip axis, exposed to a UV pulse. The ultimate goal is to
look at "the usual," i.e., maybe electron density distribution
& densities of states at the surface/beneath the surface,
both in the absence of any pulses, as well as dynamic behaviors
upon UV adsorption. In this scenario, I am not convinced that
the core-valence separation would be valid, given the
polarization under strong static E-field. The tip material is,
say, silicon or something similar.</div>
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<div>Any comments? Thank you!</div></blockquote></div><div><blockquote type="cite">
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