Faculty

Adrienn Ruzsinszky
Research Assistant Professor

Email: aruzsin@tulane.edu
Phone: (504) 862-3173
Fax: (504) 862-8702

Department of Physics
5036 Percival Stern Hall
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests

Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory »

Recent Courses

• PHYS 7130 – Solid State Physics

Education

• M.Sc., Budapest University of Technology and Economics (2000)
• Ph.D., Budapest University of Technology and Economics (2004)

Recent Publications

A. Ruzsinszky, J. P. Perdew, and G. I. Csonka, "Simple Charge-Transfer Model to Explain the Electrical Response of Hydrogen Chains," Physical Review A 78,022513 (2008).

G. I. Csonka, J. P. Perdew, and A. Ruzsinszky, "Performance of PBEsol Density Functional for Bulk Solids," in preparation.

G. I. Csonka, J. P. Perdew, and A. Ruzsinszky, "Regularized Gradient Expansion in Density Functional Theory for Molecules and Solids," in preparation.

Perdew, J.P., Ruzsinszky, A., Csonka, G. I., Constantin, A. L., Zhou, X., Scuseria, G. E., Vydrov, O. A., Burke, K., "Restoring the Density-Gradient Expansion for Exchange in Solids and their Surfaces," Physical Review Letters 100, 136406 (2008).

Ruzsinszky, A., Perdew, J.P., Csonka, G. I, Scuseria, G. E., Vydrov, O. A., "Understanding and Correcting the Self-Interaction Error in the Electrical Response of Hydrogen Chains," Physical Review A, Rapid Communications 77, 060502 (2008).

Csonka, G. I., Perdew, J.P., Ruzsinszky, A, Scuseria, G. E, "Improved Description of Stereoelectronic Effects in Hydrocarbon Isomers Using Density Functional Theory," Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 4, 888 (2008).