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- Dempwolff, Adrian L., et al.
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Vertical ionization potential benchmark for unitary coupled-cluster and algebraic-diagrammatic construction methods
- 2022
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In: Journal of Chemical Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0021-9606 .- 1089-7690. ; 156:5, s. 054114-
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The performance of several methods for the calculation of vertical ionization potentials (IPs) or, more generally, electron-detachment energies based on unitary coupled-cluster (UCC) theory and the algebraic-diagrammatic construction (ADC) scheme is evaluated with respect to benchmark data computed at the level of equation-of-motion coupled-cluster theory, including single, double, and triple excitations (IP-EOM-CCSDT). Based on a statistical evaluation of about 200 electron-detached states of 41 molecules, the second-order methods IP-ADC(2) and IP-UCC2 show modest accuracies with IP-EOM-CCSDT as reference, exposing a mean signed error and a standard deviation of the error of -0.54 & PLUSMN; 0.50 and -0.49 & PLUSMN; 0.54 eV, respectively, accompanied by a mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.61 and 0.58 eV, respectively. The strict third-order IP-ADC method demonstrates an accuracy of 0.26 & PLUSMN; 0.35 eV (MAE = 0.35 eV), while the IP-UCC3 method is slightly more accurate with 0.24 & PLUSMN; 0.26 eV (MAE = 0.29 eV). Employing the static self-energy computed using the Dyson expansion method (DEM) improves the IP-ADC(3) performance to 0.27 & PLUSMN; 0.28 eV, with the mean absolute error of this method being 0.32 eV. However, employing the simpler improved fourth-order scheme sigma(4+) for the static self-energy provides almost identical results as the DEM. Based on the quality of the present benchmark results, it therefore appears not necessary to use the computationally more demanding DEM.
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- Fransson, Thomas, et al.
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Computational Chemistry from Laptop to HPC : A notebook exploration of quantum chemistry
- 2022. - 1
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Book (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Quantum chemistry is a powerful tool. It is now possible to model complex chemical processes even on a laptop getting insights into matter at its fundamental scale.But quantum chemistry is also very complex. Answering a chemical question requires selecting parameters among a wide variety of choices. Choosing a model system, an electronic structure method, a basis set, a set of properties, and a wide array of parameters which can affect the results in small but sometimes meaningful way… It can be a very daunting task, even for veterans of the field.Similarly, for those who wish to get a deeper understanding of a method, going through the pages of equation often riddled with inconsistent notations and formulations is very challenging. And at the end, the link between the equation and the computer implementation found in existing softwares can be vague at best.We believe that a core issue is that humans are not good at learning in abstract terms. We can get very far with a lecture or a textbook, but we will never build as much intuition about how a clock work as by simply breaking one apart and rebuilding it from scratch.This is exactly the aim of this page, allowing a hands-on approach to computational chemistry. Together we will dismantle the black box that a computational chemistry code often seems to be, go through all the cogs and gears, and build back together some of the main computational methods of modern computational chemistry. We will do this by presenting the underlying equations, all expressed with consistent notations, as well as by suggesting a simple python implementation, to really display in action how the theory is implemented into a practical tool. Additionally, we will put these methods in context by showing how they can be used to address concrete chemical questions, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each method and how to best use them to solve practical problems.
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- Hodecker, Manuel, et al.
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Theoretical analysis and comparison of unitary coupled-cluster and algebraic-diagrammatic construction methods for ionization
- 2022
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In: Journal of Chemical Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0021-9606 .- 1089-7690. ; 156:7
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article describes a novel approach for the calculation of ionization potentials (IPs), or, more generally, electron-detachment energies, based on a unitary coupled-cluster (UCC) parameterization of the ground-state wave function. Explicit working equations for a scheme referred to as IP-UCC3 are given, providing electron-detachment energies and spectroscopic amplitudes of electron-detached states dominated by one-hole excitations correct through third order. In the derivation, an expansion of the UCC transformed Hamiltonian involving Bernoulli numbers as expansion coefficients is employed. Both the secular matrix and the effective transition moments are shown to be essentially equivalent to the strict third-order algebraic-diagrammatic construction scheme for the electron propagator (IP-ADC). Interestingly, due to the Bernoulli expansion, neglecting triple substitutions in the UCC expansion manifold does not affect the third-order consistency of the IP-UCC effective transition moments. Finally, the equivalence between ADC and UCC excited-state schemes is shown to not hold in fourth or higher order due to a different treatment of the correlated excited-state basis.
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