title: Generalized density functional theory for degenerate states.
abstract: An extension of density functional theory is proposed for degenerate states. There are suitably selected basic variables beyond the subspace density. Generalized Kohn-Sham equations are derived. A direct method is proposed to ensure the fixed value of ensemble quantities. Then the Kohn-Sham equations are similar to the conventional Kohn-Sham equations. But the Kohn-Sham potential is different for different ensembles. A simple local expression is proposed for the correlation energy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Debrecen, H-4010 Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bartolloti