Existence and uniqueness of solutions to the time-dependent Kohn-Sham equations coupled with classical nuclear dynamics

Abstract

We prove existence and uniqueness of solutions to the initial-value problem associated with a class of time-dependent Kohn-Sham equations coupled with Newtonian nuclear dynamics. We consider a pure power exchange term within a generalisation of the Local Density Approximation (LDA), identifying a range of exponents for the existence and uniqueness of $H^2$ solutions to the Kohn-Sham equations.