Systematically Improvable Exciton Hamiltonians in Large-scale Electronic Structure Calculations
Document Type
Poster
Department
Chemistry
Conference Title
American Chemical Society Meeting
Organization
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Location
Boston, MA
Conference Dates
August 16-20, 2015
Date of Presentation
8-17-2015
Abstract
Wavefunction-based methods for large systems are desirable for exploring problems where DFT is either uncalibrated or problematic. Existing fragment approaches typically treat the most powerful electron correlations on the same footing as dispersion forces, if at all. Our goal is a fragment-based method, in which systematic improvability is a practicable aspect, even for difficult problems embedded in environments (e.g., bond breaking in condensed phase or protein environments). In our approach, electrons are not treated individually in the global calculation. Rather, correlations between fluctuations of subunits are handled using familiar algorithms (specifically, coupled-cluster). The basis states are themselves electronically correlated excited states of the subunits, at any level of theory. This renders the Hamiltonian systematically improvable, as well as the global wavefunction. Furthermore, different parts of a system can be treated at different accuracy. Our initial investigations model a molecule as a group of strongly coupled harmonic oscillators (individual oscillators mimic electrons), and these “molecules” are then coupled to each other. For comparison, exact solutions are available for this model problem. The relative cost and accuracy are explored for calculations on the model equivalent of thousands of electrons in hundreds of fragments.
Recommended Citation
Dutoi, A. D.,
&
Liu, Y.
(2015).
Systematically Improvable Exciton Hamiltonians in Large-scale Electronic Structure Calculations.
Paper presented at American Chemical Society Meeting in Boston, MA.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cop-facpres/468
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