Reactivity indices and fluctuation formulas in density functional theory: Isomorphic ensembles and a new measure of local hardness

Fluctuation formulas for the external potential v(r) are introduced in a modified Legendre‐transformed representation of the density functional theory of electronic structure (isomorphic ensemble). A new (nuclear/geometric) reactivity index h(r), having the same status as the electronic Fukui function in the canonical ensemble, is thereby identified, h(r)=(1/N)[δμ/δσ(r)]N,T=(1/kT) [〈μ⋅v(r)〉−〈μ〉〈v(r)〉], where μ is the electronic chemical potential, σ is the shape factor of the electron density distribution, N is the number of electrons, 〈...〉 denotes the ensemble average of a quantity, and 〈v(r)〉 is the ensemble averaged external potential. This new local quantity is shown to be an inverse of the local softness, and to provide a useful definition of a local hardness.

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