Investigating more accurate and more affordable internally contracted multireference coupled-cluster methods


Ertürk M., Waigum A., Suchaneck S., Köhn A.

17TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY, Bratislava, Slovakya, 26 Haziran - 01 Temmuz 2023, ss.1

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Bratislava
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Slovakya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Coupled-cluster theory (CC) provides a systematic access to highly accurate solutions of the electronic Schrödinger equation. The investigation of systems with chellenging open-shell electronic structures requires an extension to multiconfigurational references. Internally contracted multireference coupled-cluster theory (icMRCC) has been developed as such an extension, with the aim of maximum analogy and compatibility to standard coupled-cluster theory. In this contribution, we analyze the accuracy of the icMRCCSD(T) method [1] in comparison to the standard CC hierarchy. The use of large basis sets appears important for drawing the correct conclusions. We will in particular discuss the choice of the zeroth-order Hamiltonian and the impact of pragmatic approximations introduced in Ref. [1]. Another aspect in comparison to standard CC theory is the increased computational effort of icMRCC approaches [2]. One option to reduce the computation time is a hybrid approach, which replaces computationally expensive, but for the overall accuracy less relevant terms by simpler expressions inspired by multireference coupled-electron pair approximations (MRCEPA). We have recently investigated the use of MRCEPA(0), here we explore alternative formulations using further MRCEPA variants.[3]