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# Time-Dependent DFT
This is a short tutorial on how to run linear-response time-dependent density functional theory
(LR-TDDFT) computations for absorption and emission spectroscopy. The TDDFT module enables a
description of excitation energies and excited-state computations within the Tamm-Dancoff
approximation (TDA) featuring GGA and hybrid functionals as well as semi-empirical simplified TDA
kernels and noncollinear kernels for spin-flip excitations. The details of the implementation can be
found in [Strand2019] and in [](#Hehn2022) for corresponding excited-state gradients of
spin-conserving excitations and in [](#HernandezSegura2025) for excited-states energies and
gradients of spin-flip excitations. Note that the current module is based on an earlier TDDFT
implementation [](#Iannuzzi2005). Please cite these papers if you were to use the TDDFT module for
the computation of excitation energies ([Strand2019], [](#Iannuzzi2005)) or excited-state gradients
([](#Hehn2022)) of spin-conserving excitations and [](#HernandezSegura2025) for spin-flip
excited-state energies and gradients.
## Brief theory recap
The implementation in CP2K is based on the Tamm-Dancoff approximation (TDA), which describes each
excited state $p$ with the excitation energy $\Omega^p$ and the corresponding excited-state
eigenvectors $\mathbf{X}^p$ as an Hermitian eigenvalue problem
$$
\mathbf{A} \mathbf{X}^p &= \Omega^p \mathbf{S} \mathbf{X}^p \, , \\
\sum_{\kappa k} [ F_{\mu \kappa \sigma} \delta_{ik} - F_{ik \sigma} S_{\mu \kappa} ] X^p_{\kappa k \sigma} + \sum_{\lambda} K_{\mu \lambda \sigma} [\mathbf{D}^{{\rm{\tiny{X}}}p}] C_{\lambda i \sigma} &= \sum_{\kappa} \Omega^p S_{\mu \kappa} X^p_{\kappa i \sigma} \, .
$$
The Hermitian matrix $\mathbf{A}$ contains as zeroth-order contributions the difference in the
Kohn-Sham (KS) orbital energies $\mathbf{F}$, and to first order kernel contributions $\mathbf{K}$
which comprise --depending on the chosen density functional approximation -- Coulomb $\mathbf{J}$
and exact exchange $\mathbf{K}^{\rm{\tiny{EX}}}$ contributions as well as contributions due to the
exchange-correlation (XC) potential $\mathbf{V}^{\rm{\tiny{XC}}}$ and kernel
$\mathbf{f}^{\rm{\tiny{XC}}}$,
$$
F_{\mu \nu \sigma} [\mathbf{D}] &= h_{\mu \nu} + J_{\mu \nu \sigma} [\mathbf{D}] - a_{\rm{\tiny{EX}}}K^{\rm{\tiny{EX}}}_{\mu \nu \sigma} [\mathbf{D}] + V_{\mu \nu \sigma}^{\rm{\tiny{XC}}} \, , \\
K_{\mu \nu \sigma} [\mathbf{D}^{{\rm{\tiny{X}}}p}] &= J_{\mu \nu \sigma} [\mathbf{D}^{{\rm{\tiny{X}}}p}] - a_{\rm{\tiny{EX}}} K^{\rm{\tiny{EX}}}_{\mu \nu \sigma}[\mathbf{D}^{{\rm{\tiny{X}}}p}] + \sum_{\kappa \lambda \sigma'} f^{\rm{\tiny{XC}}}_{\mu \nu \sigma,\kappa \lambda \sigma'} D_{\kappa \lambda \sigma'}^{{\rm{\tiny{X}}}p} \, .
$$
$\mathbf{S}$ denotes the atomic-orbital overlap matrix, $\mathbf{C}$ the occupied ground-state KS
orbitals and $\mathbf{D}$ and $\mathbf{D}^{\rm{\tiny{X}}}$ ground-state and response density
matrices,
$$
D_{\mu \nu \sigma} &= \sum_k C_{\mu k \sigma} C_{\nu k \sigma}^{\rm{T}} \, , \\
D_{\mu \nu \sigma}^{{\rm{\tiny{X}}}p} &= \frac{1}{2} \sum_{k} ( X^p_{\mu k \sigma} C_{\nu k \sigma}^{\rm{T}} + C_{\mu k \sigma} (X^p_{\nu k \sigma})^{\rm{T}} ) \, .
$$
Within the current implementation, symmetrization and orthogonalization of the response density
matrix is ensured at each step of the Davidson algorithm. The current implementation features to
approximate the exact exchange contribution of hybrid functionals using the auxiliary density matrix
method (ADMM). Furthermore, the standard kernel can be approximated using the semi-empirical
simplified Tamm-Dancoff approximation (sTDA), neglecting in this case XC contributions and
approximating both Coulomb and exchange contributions $\mathbf{J}$ and $\mathbf{K}$ using
semi-empirical operators $\boldsymbol{\gamma}^{\rm{\tiny{J}}}$ and
$\boldsymbol{\gamma}^{\rm{\tiny{K}}}$ depending on the interatomic distance $R_{AB}$ of atoms $A$
and $B$,
$$
\gamma^{\rm{\tiny{J}}}(A,B) &= \left ( \frac{1}{(R_{AB})^{\alpha} + \eta^{-\alpha}} \right)^{1/\alpha} \, , \\
\gamma^{\rm{\tiny{K}}}(A,B) &= \left ( \frac{1}{(R_{AB})^{\beta} +( a_{\rm{\tiny{EX}}}\eta)^{- \beta} } \right )^{1/\beta} \, ,
$$
that depend on the chemical hardness $\eta$, the Fock-exchange mixing parameter $a_{\rm{\tiny{EX}}}$
and powers of $\alpha$ and $\beta$ for either Coulomb and exchange interactions.
Within the current implementation, oscillator strengths can be calculated for molecular systems in
the length form and for periodic systems using the velocity form (see [Strand2019]).
Based on the TDA eigenvalue problem, excited-state gradients can be formulated based on a
variational Lagrangian for each excited state $p$,
$$
L [\mathbf{X}, \mathbf{C}, \Omega, \bar{\mathbf{W}}^{\rm{\tiny{X}}}, \bar{\mathbf{Z}}, \bar{\mathbf{W}}^{\rm{\tiny{C}}} ] &= \Omega - \sum_{\kappa \lambda k l \sigma} \Omega ( X_{\kappa k \sigma }^{\rm{T}} S_{\kappa \lambda } X_{\lambda l \sigma} - \delta_{kl} ) \\
&- \sum_{kl \sigma} ( \bar{W}_{kl \sigma}^{\rm{\tiny{X}}} )^{\rm{T}} \sum_{\kappa \lambda} \frac{1}{2} ( C_{\kappa k \sigma}^{\rm{T}} S_{\kappa \lambda} X_{\lambda l \sigma} + X_{\kappa k \sigma}^{\rm{T}}S_{\kappa \lambda} C_{\lambda l \sigma}) \\
&+ \sum_{\kappa k \sigma}( \bar{Z}_{\kappa k \sigma})^{\rm{T}} \sum_{\lambda} ( F_{\kappa \lambda \sigma}C_{\lambda k \sigma} - S_{\kappa \lambda } C_{\lambda k \sigma} \varepsilon_{k \sigma}) \\
&- \sum_{kl\sigma} (\bar{W}^{\rm{\tiny{C}}}_{kl \sigma})^{\rm{T}} ( S_{kl \sigma} - \delta_{kl})\, .
$$
introducing Lagrange multipliers $\bar{\mathbf{W}}^{\rm{\tiny{X}}}$,
$\bar{\mathbf{W}}^{\rm{\tiny{C}}}$, and $\bar{\mathbf{Z}}$ to ensure stationarity of the
corresponding ground-state (GS) equations and to account for the geometric dependence of the
Gaussian orbitals and thus requiring to solve the Z vector equation iteratively.
## The LR-TDDFT input section
To compute absorption spectra, parameters defining the LR-TDDFT computation have to be specified in
the [TDDFPT](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT) subsection. Furthermore,
[RUN_TYPE](#CP2K_INPUT.GLOBAL.RUN_TYPE) has to be set to `ENERGY` and the underlying KS ground-state
reference has to be specified in the [DFT](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.DFT) section.
The most important keywords and subsections of [TDDFPT](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT)
are:
- [KERNEL](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.KERNEL): option for the kernel matrix
$\mathbf{K}$ to choose between the full kernel for GGA or hybrid functionals and the simplified
TDA kernel
- [NSTATES](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.NSTATES): number of excitation energies to be
computed
- [CONVERGENCE](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.CONVERGENCE): threshold for the convergence
of the Davidson algorithm
- [RKS_TRIPLETS](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.RKS_TRIPLETS): option to switch from the
default computation of singlet excitation energies to triplet excitation energies
- [RESTART](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.RESTART): the keyword enables the restart of
the TDDFPT computation if a corresponding restart file (.tdwfn) exists
- [WFN_RESTART_FILE_NAME](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.WFN_RESTART_FILE_NAME): for a
restart of the TDDFPT computation, the name of the restart file has to be specified using this
keyword
To compute excited-state gradients and thus corresponding fluorescence spectra, the excited state to
be optimized furthermore has to be specified by adding the subsection `EXCITED_STATES` of the
section `DFT`.
## Simple examples
### Excitation energies for acetone
The following input is a standard input for calculating excitation energies with the hybrid
functional PBE0. It should be noted that it is possible to compute the exact exchange integrals for
hybrid functionals analytically at however high computational costs. It is therefore recommended to
use the Auxiliary Density Matrix Method (ADMM) [](#Guidon2010) to approximate the exact exchange
contribution. For GGAs, the corresponding ADMM sections are not required and it is sufficient to
specify the chosen functional in the subsection `&XC_FUNCTIONAL` of the `&XC` section.
```none
&GLOBAL
PROJECT S20Acetone
RUN_TYPE ENERGY
PREFERRED_DIAG_LIBRARY SL
PRINT_LEVEL medium
&END GLOBAL
&FORCE_EVAL
METHOD Quickstep
&PROPERTIES
&TDDFPT ! input section for TDDFPT
KERNEL FULL ! specification of the underlying kernel matrix K
! FULL kernel is for GGA and hybrid functional computations
! sTDA kernel is referring to a semi-empirical sTDA computation
NSTATES 10 ! specifies the number of excited states to be computed
MAX_ITER 100 ! number of iterations for the Davidson algorithm
CONVERGENCE [eV] 1.0e-7 ! convergence threshold in eV
RKS_TRIPLETS F ! Keyword to choose between singlet and triplet excitations
! &XC ! If choosing kernel FULL, the underlying functional can be
! &XC_FUNCTIONAL PBE0 ! specified by adding an XC section
! &END XC_FUNCTIONAL ! The functional can be chosen independently from the chosen
! &END XC ! GS functional except when choosing ADMM
! &MGRID ! It is also possible to choose a separate grid for the real-space
! CUTOFF 800 ! integration of the response density in the TDDFT part,
! REL_CUTOFF 80 ! however, in general a consistent setup for GS and ES is recommended
! &END MGRID
&END TDDFPT
&END PROPERTIES
&DFT
&QS
METHOD GPW
EPS_DEFAULT 1.0E-17
EPS_PGF_ORB 1.0E-20
&END QS
&SCF
SCF_GUESS restart
&OT
PRECONDITIONER FULL_ALL
MINIMIZER DIIS
&END OT
&OUTER_SCF
MAX_SCF 900
EPS_SCF 1.0E-7
&END OUTER_SCF
MAX_SCF 10
EPS_SCF 1.0E-7
&END SCF
POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME POTENTIAL_UZH
BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME BASIS_MOLOPT_UZH
BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME BASIS_ADMM_UZH
&MGRID
CUTOFF 800
REL_CUTOFF 80
&END MGRID
&AUXILIARY_DENSITY_MATRIX_METHOD ! For hybrid functionals, it is recommended to choose ADMM
METHOD BASIS_PROJECTION ! the ADMM environment for ground and excited state has to be
EXCH_SCALING_MODEL NONE ! identical
EXCH_CORRECTION_FUNC NONE ! Triple-zeta auxiliary basis sets are recommended (see below)
ADMM_PURIFICATION_METHOD NONE ! For periodic systems (see below), only specific ADMM options
&END AUXILIARY_DENSITY_MATRIX_METHOD ! are available
&POISSON
PERIODIC NONE
POISSON_SOLVER WAVELET
&END
&XC
&XC_FUNCTIONAL PBE0
&END XC_FUNCTIONAL
&END XC
&END DFT
&SUBSYS
&CELL
ABC [angstrom] 14.0 14.0 14.0
PERIODIC NONE
&END CELL
&COORD
C 0.000000 1.282877 -0.611721
C 0.000000 -1.282877 -0.611721
C 0.000000 0.000000 0.185210
O 0.000000 0.000000 1.392088
H 0.000000 2.133711 0.059851
H -0.876575 1.319344 -1.256757
H 0.876575 1.319344 -1.256757
H 0.000000 -2.133711 0.059851
H 0.876575 -1.319344 -1.256757
H -0.876575 -1.319344 -1.256757
&END COORD
&TOPOLOGY
&CENTER_COORDINATES T
&END
&END
&KIND H
BASIS_SET ORB DZVP-MOLOPT-PBE0-GTH-q1 ! in general it is recommended to use larger basis sets
BASIS_SET AUX_FIT admm-dzp-q1 ! for the primary and auxiliary basis (TZVP/tzp)
POTENTIAL GTH-PBE0-q1
&END KIND
&KIND O
BASIS_SET ORB DZVP-MOLOPT-PBE0-GTH-q6
BASIS_SET AUX_FIT admm-dzp-q6
POTENTIAL GTH-PBE0-q6
&END KIND
&KIND C
BASIS_SET ORB DZVP-MOLOPT-PBE0-GTH-q4
BASIS_SET AUX_FIT admm-dzp-q4
POTENTIAL GTH-PBE0-q4
&END KIND
&END SUBSYS
&END FORCE_EVAL
```
In the resulting output file, there is a `TDDFPT` section reporting the steps of the calculations.
The initial guess is referring to the zeroth-order KS energy differences with the printout also
listing the transition from the corresponding occupied to virtual orbital.
```none
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- TDDFPT Initial Guess -
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Occupied -> Virtual Excitation
number orbital orbital energy (eV)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 12 13 6.63336
2 11 13 9.62185
3 10 13 10.34045
4 9 13 10.78846
5 8 13 11.05691
6 12 14 12.07194
7 7 13 12.42370
8 6 13 12.63557
9 12 15 12.65312
10 5 13 12.68633
```
After convergence of the iterative Davidson algorithm, CP2K is printing for each of the calculated
excited states the excitation energy in eV, the corresponding transition dipole as well as the
oscillator strength. The form of the dipole transition integrals can be chosen by modifying the
keyword [DIPOLE_FORM](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.DIPOLE_MOMENTS.DIPOLE_FORM). Possible
options are `BERRY` (valid for fully periodic systems only), `LENGTH` (valid for molecular systems
only) and `VELOCITY` (both). When referring to the length form, the reference point to calculate
electric dipole moments can be chosen in the subsection by specifying the coordinates of the
reference point
[REFERENCE_POINT](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.DIPOLE_MOMENTS.REFERENCE_POINT) or by
choosing one of the options `COM` (center of mass), `COAC` (center of atomic charges),
`USER_DEFINED` (user-defined point) and `ZERO` (origin of the coordinate system) for the
[REFERENCE](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.DIPOLE_MOMENTS.REFERENCE) keyword.
```none
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- TDDFPT run converged in 10 iteration(s)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
R-TDDFPT states of multiplicity 1
Transition dipoles calculated using velocity formulation
State Excitation Transition dipole (a.u.) Oscillator
number energy (eV) x y z strength (a.u.)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
TDDFPT| 1 4.67815 2.4840E-08 -1.9187E-08 5.9673E-08 5.21038E-16
TDDFPT| 2 8.73074 -8.1610E-09 1.0502E-08 9.1823E-08 1.84132E-15
TDDFPT| 3 9.17033 1.6661E-02 2.4911E-08 -9.2612E-08 6.23670E-05
TDDFPT| 4 9.70094 -2.3716E-09 7.2323E-07 7.0660E-01 1.18663E-01
TDDFPT| 5 9.88658 -3.1922E-08 -4.1476E-01 1.0768E-06 4.16669E-02
TDDFPT| 6 10.78269 3.5483E-08 4.2695E-01 -1.3123E-07 4.81550E-02
TDDFPT| 7 10.82893 2.3885E-01 -3.0329E-08 4.5882E-09 1.51356E-02
TDDFPT| 8 10.92800 -2.4034E-07 -2.4299E-08 5.8160E-08 1.65293E-14
TDDFPT| 9 11.32208 8.3808E-08 -6.8844E-01 1.9166E-07 1.31469E-01
TDDFPT| 10 11.97282 1.2605E-08 1.7029E-08 3.3026E-01 3.19930E-02
```
A more detailed analysis of the excitations is given subsequently, listing orbital contributions for
each transition with the corresponding excitation amplitudes. The keyword
[MIN_AMPLITUDE](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.MIN_AMPLITUDE) regulates the threshold for
the smallest amplitude to print.
```none
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Excitation analysis -
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Occupied Virtual Excitation
number orbital orbital amplitude
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 4.67815 eV
12 13 0.998438
2 8.73074 eV
10 13 0.995560
6 13 0.087643
3 9.17033 eV
9 13 0.993356
7 13 0.075589
4 9.70094 eV
11 13 -0.893130
12 16 0.297568
5 13 0.269023
12 28 -0.108047
9 15 0.066145
9 30 -0.050159
```
### Excited-state gradient for acetone
To perform an excited-state optimization for emission spectroscopy, the run type has to be set to
`GEO_OPT` and the state to be optimized has to be specified in the
[EXCITED_STATES](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.DFT.EXCITED_STATES) section. Note that the number of excited
states chosen in the TDDFPT section should be larger or at least equal to the number of the chosen
excited state.
```none
&GLOBAL
PROJECT S20Acetone
RUN_TYPE ENERGY_FORCE ! The run type has to be changed to ENERGY_FORCE of GEO_OPT
PREFERRED_DIAG_LIBRARY SL
PRINT_LEVEL medium
&END GLOBAL
&PROPERTIES
&TDDFPT
NSTATES 10
MAX_ITER 100
CONVERGENCE [eV] 1.0e-7
RKS_TRIPLETS F
ADMM_KERNEL_CORRECTION_SYMMETRIC T ! required keyword when using hybrid functionals and ADMM for
&END TDDFPT ! the exact exchange contribution for ES gradients
&END PROPERTIES
...
&DFT
&QS
METHOD GPW
EPS_DEFAULT 1.0E-17
EPS_PGF_ORB 1.0E-20
&END QS
&EXCITED_STATES T
STATE 1 ! the excited state to be optimized has to be specified in this section
&END EXCITED_STATES
&SCF
SCF_GUESS restart
&OT
PRECONDITIONER FULL_ALL
MINIMIZER DIIS
&END OT
&OUTER_SCF
MAX_SCF 900
EPS_SCF 1.0E-7
&END OUTER_SCF
MAX_SCF 10
EPS_SCF 1.0E-7
&END SCF
...
&END DFT
```
The resulting output file contains for each step of the geometry optimization the already explained
output of the TDDFPT computation and additionally information on the excited state that is optimized
as well as the iterative solution of the Z vector equations.
```none
!--------------------------- Excited State Energy ----------------------------!
Excitation Energy [Hartree] 0.1719188002
Total Energy [Hartree] -36.3332484083
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------!
!--------------------------- Excited State Forces ----------------------------!
Iteration Method Restart Stepsize Convergence Time
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 PCG F 0.00E+00 0.0231470476 0.02
2 PCG F 0.30E+00 0.0003972862 1.56
3 PCG F 0.60E+00 0.0000361012 3.11
4 PCG F 0.62E+00 0.0000031865 4.65
5 PCG F 0.63E+00 0.0000002183 6.19
6 PCG F 0.73E+00 0.0000000147 7.73
7 PCG F 0.70E+00 0.0000000014 9.27
8 PCG F 0.72E+00 0.0000000001 10.82
9 PCG F 0.71E+00 0.0000000000 12.35
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------!
ENERGY| Total FORCE_EVAL ( QS ) energy [a.u.]: -36.333248408276823
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
```
### Choosing a semi-empirical kernel
To speed up computation times for broad-band absorption spectra, a semi-empirical simplified
Tamm-Dancoff (sTDA) kernel can be chosen by setting
[KERNEL](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.KERNEL) to `sTDA`. The semi-empirical electron
repulsion operators depend on several empirical parameters, which need to be adjusted depending on
the system under investigation. Most importantly, the amount of exact exchange, scaled by adjusting
the parameter $a_{\rm{\tiny{EX}}}$ needs to be chosen carefully and is really crucial to ensure a
well-balanced treatment of exact exchange in the GS and ES potential energy surfaces. Too large
fractions of exchange in the excited state can lead to negative excitation energies. In general, a
relatively small amount of exchange $a_{\rm{\tiny{EX}}}=0.2 / 0.1$ is therefore recommended.
For details on the STDA method see also <https://github.com/grimme-lab/stda>.
The most important keywords of the subsection [sTDA](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.STDA)
are:
- [FRACTION](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.STDA.FRACTION): fraction of exact exchange
$a_{\rm{\tiny{EX}}}$
- [MATAGA_NISHIMOTO_CEXP](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.STDA.MATAGA_NISHIMOTO_CEXP):
keyword to modify the parameter $\alpha$ of $\gamma^{\rm{\tiny{J}}}$
- [MATAGA_NISHIMOTO_XEXP](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.STDA.MATAGA_NISHIMOTO_XEXP):
keyword to modify the parameter $\beta$ of $\gamma^{\rm{\tiny{K}}}$
- [DO_EWALD](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.STDA.DO_EWALD): keyword to switch on Ewald
summation for the Coulomb contributions, required when treating periodic systems. (Exact exchange
is treated within the minimum image convention and does not require any adjustment.)
```none
&PROPERTIES
&TDDFPT
KERNEL sTDA ! switches on the semi-empirical kernel sTDA
&sTDA
FRACTION 0.2 ! it is crucial to adjust the fraction of exact exchange
&END sTDA
NSTATES 10
MAX_ITER 100
CONVERGENCE [eV] 1.0e-7
RKS_TRIPLETS F
&END TDDFPT
&END PROPERTIES
```
In the output, it can be checked that the sTDA kernel was switched on and the correct parameters for
$\alpha$, $\beta$ and $a_{\rm{\tiny{EX}}}$ were chosen:
```none
sTDA| HFX Fraction 0.2000
sTDA| Mataga-Nishimoto exponent (C) 1.5160
sTDA| Mataga-Nishimoto exponent (X) 0.5660
sTDA| TD matrix filter 0.10000000E-09
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- sTDA Kernel: Create Matrix SQRT(S) -
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
```
The subsequent printout is then identical to the printout for GGA and hybrid functional kernels:
```none
R-TDDFPT states of multiplicity 1
Transition dipoles calculated using velocity formulation
State Excitation Transition dipole (a.u.) Oscillator
number energy (eV) x y z strength (a.u.)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
TDDFPT| 1 4.88982 8.2927E-09 8.6085E-09 -2.2495E-08 7.77366E-17
TDDFPT| 2 9.05888 4.5649E-09 -4.9483E-09 -8.2739E-08 1.52940E-15
TDDFPT| 3 9.23700 1.4100E-02 -1.2802E-08 3.2962E-08 4.49914E-05
TDDFPT| 4 9.52129 1.1297E-08 -4.7865E-08 8.3174E-01 1.61372E-01
TDDFPT| 5 10.01790 -9.4987E-09 -4.8324E-01 -5.0387E-08 5.73140E-02
TDDFPT| 6 10.86728 -1.6175E-08 -3.6799E-01 -7.5353E-09 3.60529E-02
TDDFPT| 7 10.97656 -3.7898E-01 -1.0287E-08 -3.3941E-09 3.86231E-02
TDDFPT| 8 11.21831 4.5569E-08 -4.2529E-09 1.9115E-08 6.76117E-16
TDDFPT| 9 11.40817 2.7777E-08 -6.8033E-01 -3.7411E-08 1.29362E-01
TDDFPT| 10 11.82525 -1.2576E-09 1.3562E-08 3.8592E-01 4.31486E-02
```
It should be noted that it is possible to combine sTDA with the semi-empirical ground-state
reference GFN1-xTB. However, it is then recommended to adjust all parameters [](#Grimme2016) and to
apply corrections to shift the virtual KS orbital eigenvalues. A shift can be applied by adding the
keyword [EV_SHIFT](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.EV_SHIFT) (for open-shell systems
[EOS_SHIFT](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.EOS_SHIFT)).
### Periodic systems
Adjustments are required when switching to periodic boundary conditions. As already mentioned above,
oscillator strengths should be calculated using the `BERRY` or `VELOCITY` formulation. When choosing
the `sTDA` kernel, [DO_EWALD](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.STDA.DO_EWALD) has to be
switched to true to activate Ewald summation for Coulomb contributions. When computing ES gradients
using [KERNEL](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.KERNEL) `FULL` in combination with hybrid
functionals and ADMM, only the ADMM2 method relying on basis projection is implemented in
combination with the default for the exchange functional for the first-order GGA correction term.
```none
&AUXILIARY_DENSITY_MATRIX_METHOD
METHOD BASIS_PROJECTION
ADMM_PURIFICATION_METHOD NONE
EXCH_SCALING_MODEL NONE
EXCH_CORRECTION_FUNC PBEX
&END
```
### Natural transition orbitals
Natural transition orbitals (NTOs) are printed when choosing `PRINT_LEVEL medium` in the `GLOBAL`
section or when enabling the
[NTO_ANALYSIS](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.PRINT.NTO_ANALYSIS) section. For this
purpose it is required to generate unoccupied orbitals and the keyword
[LUMO](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.NLUMO) enables to adjust the number of unoccupied
orbitals. It is possible to print the NTOs as `CUBE_FILES` or in Molden format, with the latter
being activated with the keyword
[MOS_MOLDEN](#CP2K_INPUT.FORCE_EVAL.PROPERTIES.TDDFPT.PRINT.MOS_MOLDEN).
[strand2019]: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5078682
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