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Phys. Rev. B 30, 3525–3526 (1984)

Reply to "Comment on `Electron removal energies in Kohn-Sham density-functional theory' "

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John P. Perdew
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 and Department of Physics and Quantum Theory Group, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118

Michael R. Norman*
Department of Physics and Quantum Theory Group, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118

Received 7 July 1983; published in the issue dated 15 September 1984

A local Kohn-Sham potential can be constructed explicitly either in the "exchange-only" density-functional theory of Talman, which does not constrain the density to its Hartree-Fock value, or in the "Hartree-Fock" density-functional theory of von Barth, which does. The Kohn-Sham orbital energies are essentially the same by either choice, as shown here for the beryllium atom. Our conclusion still stands that the exact Kohn-Sham orbital energies for tightly bound electrons are not physical removal energies.

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*Present address: Materials Science and Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439.

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Original Article: John P. Perdew and Michael R. Norman, Electron removal energies in Kohn-Sham density-functional theory, Phys. Rev. B 26, 5445 (1982).