A time-dependent density-functional formalism is developed for many-electron systems subjected to external electric and magnetic fields with arbitrary time dependence. The single-particle current density is shown to determine uniquely the time-dependent scalar and vector potentials characterizing the system, and hence also the many-particle wave function. A Levy-type universal functional is defined, and practical schemes for the calculation of electron density and the current density through hydrodynamical as well as a set of single-particle Kohn-Sham-like equations are proposed. The gauge invariance of the present self-consistent formalism is also proved.

• Received 22 September 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.38.1149