title: Rydberg transition frequencies from the local density approximation.
abstract: A method is given that extracts accurate Rydberg excitations from density functional calculations in the local density approximation, despite the short-ranged potential. For the case of He and Ne, the asymptotic quantum defects predicted by the calculations are in less than 5% error, yielding transition frequency errors of less than 0.1 eV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, USA.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wasserman
authors.forename: Kieron
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burke