Variational Monte Carlo Optimization and Excited States

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "Variational Monte Carlo Optimization and Excited States"

Transcription

1 Variational Monte Carlo Optimization and Excited States Eric Neuscamman August 9, 2018

2 motivation charge transfer core spectroscopy double excitations

3 the menu aperitif: number counting Jastrows main course: excited states with QMC dessert: optimization methods

4 number counting Jastrow factors C " r = 1 if r in region ' C " r = 0 otherwise Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017 Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, unpublished

5 number counting Jastrow factors C " r = 1 if r in region ' C " r = 0 otherwise exp -. / 0 C " r 0 1 modifies the balance between these configs: C C C 2 C 3 C 3 C 2 Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017 Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, unpublished

6 number counting Jastrow factors C " r = 1 if r in region ' C " r = 0 otherwise exp -. / general form: 0 C " r 0 1 modifies the balance between these configs: C C C 2 C 3 C 3 C 2 exp / 4506 F "8 C " r 0 C 8 r 6 Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017 Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, unpublished

7 number counting Jastrow factors C " r = 1 if r in region ' C " r = 0 otherwise exp -. / 0 C " r 0 1 modifies the balance between these configs: C C C 2 C 3 C 3 C 2 general form: linear combinations? exp / 4506 F "8 C " r 0 C 8 r 6 Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017 Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, unpublished

8 clean additivity -1.0 energy +12 (Hartrees) C-C distance (Angstroms) Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017 Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, unpublished

9 clean additivity -1.0 energy +12 (Hartrees) C-C distance (Angstroms) Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017 Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, unpublished

10 clean additivity -1.0 curvature at edges of counting regions! energy +12 (Hartrees) C-C distance (Angstroms) Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017 Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, unpublished

11 clean additivity -1.0 curvature at edges of counting regions! energy +12 (Hartrees) clean additivity? C-C distance (Angstroms) Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017 Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, unpublished

12 clean additivity -1.0 curvature at edges of counting regions! energy +12 (Hartrees) yes, trivially!! " $! " $ '! ' $ clean additivity? C-C distance (Angstroms) Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017 Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, unpublished

13 clean additivity works energy +12 (Hartrees) RHF MRCI+Q C-C distance (Angstroms) Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, in preparation

14 clean additivity works energy +12 (Hartrees) RHF +Jastrows MRCI+Q C-C distance (Angstroms) Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, in preparation

15 clean additivity works -0.6 energy +12 (Hartrees) DMC RHF +Jastrows MRCI+Q C-C distance (Angstroms) Van Der Goetz & Neuscamman, in preparation

16 the menu aperitif: number counting Jastrows main course: excited states with QMC dessert: optimization methods

17 variational principles ground state Ψ " Ψ any eigenstate Ψ " $ % Ψ Umrigar, Filippi, others state near & Ψ & " % Ψ Choi, Lebeda, & Messmer, CPL 1970 Van Voorhis et al, JCP 2017 state above & Ψ (& ") Ψ Ψ & " % Ψ Zhao & Neuscamman, JCTC 2016, 2017 Shea & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

18 variational principles ground state Ψ! Ψ evaluate! " any eigenstate Ψ! % " Ψ Umrigar, Filippi, others by Monte Carlo integration state near & Ψ &! " Ψ Choi, Lebeda, & Messmer, CPL 1970 Van Voorhis et al, JCP 2017 state above & Ψ (&!) Ψ Ψ &! " Ψ Zhao & Neuscamman, JCTC 2016, 2017 Shea & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

19 poor properties ground state Ψ " Ψ any eigenstate Ψ " $ % Ψ Umrigar, Filippi, others state near & Ψ & " % Ψ Choi, Lebeda, & Messmer, CPL 1970 Van Voorhis et al, JCP 2017 state above & Ψ (& ") Ψ Ψ & " % Ψ Zhao & Neuscamman, JCTC 2016, 2017 Shea & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

20 poor properties ground state Ψ " Ψ any eigenstate Ψ " $ % Ψ Umrigar, Filippi, others state near & Ψ & " % Ψ Choi, Lebeda, & Messmer, CPL 1970 Van Voorhis et al, JCP 2017 state above & Ψ (& ") Ψ Ψ & " % Ψ Zhao & Neuscamman, JCTC 2016, 2017 Shea & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

21 poor properties ground state Ψ " Ψ any eigenstate Ψ " $ % Ψ Umrigar, Filippi, others state near & Ψ & " % Ψ Choi, Lebeda, & Messmer, CPL 1970 Van Voorhis et al, JCP 2017 state above & Ψ (& ") Ψ Ψ & " % Ψ Zhao & Neuscamman, JCTC 2016, 2017 Shea & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

22 interconversion ground state Ψ " Ψ state near & Ψ & " % Ψ Choi, Lebeda, & Messmer, CPL 1970 Van Voorhis et al, JCP 2017 & $ any eigenstate Ψ " $ % Ψ Umrigar, Filippi, others & $ * state above & Ψ (& ") Ψ Ψ & " % Ψ Zhao & Neuscamman, JCTC 2016, 2017 Shea & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

23 interconversion ground state Ψ % Ψ state near! Ψ! % ' Ψ Choi, Lebeda, & Messmer, CPL 1970 Van Voorhis et al, JCP 2017! # any eigenstate Ψ % # ' Ψ Umrigar, Filippi, others! # * state above! Ψ (! %) Ψ Ψ! % ' Ψ Zhao & Neuscamman, JCTC 2016, 2017 Shea & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

24 interconversion ground state Ψ " Ψ state near & Ψ & " % Ψ Choi, Lebeda, & Messmer, CPL 1970 Van Voorhis et al, JCP 2017 & $ any eigenstate Ψ " $ % Ψ Umrigar, Filippi, others & $ * state above & Ψ (& ") Ψ Ψ & " % Ψ Zhao & Neuscamman, JCTC 2016, 2017 Shea & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

25 interconversion ground state Ψ " Ψ state near # Ψ # " % Ψ Choi, Lebeda, & Messmer, CPL 1970 Van Voorhis et al, JCP 2017 # ) any eigenstate Ψ " ) % Ψ Umrigar, Filippi, others # ) * state above # Ψ (# ") Ψ Ψ # " % Ψ Zhao & Neuscamman, JCTC 2016, 2017 Shea & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

26 having it both ways excited energy of CO ground non-specific optimization % excited state character in guess Shea & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

27 having it both ways excited energy of CO interconverting optimization ground non-specific optimization % excited state character in guess Shea & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

28 having it both ways CO + N 2 size consistency error fixed!: 2.60 ± 0.2 me h excited energy of CO adaptive!: 0.04 ± 0.2 me interconverting h optimization ground non-specific optimization % excited state character in guess Shea & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

29 charge transfer orbital relaxation state-averaged CASSCF: 2.7 ev to 5.9 ev (yikes!) state-averaged CASPT2: intruder states state-specific CASSCF: 4.4 ev state-specific CASPT2: 3.5 ev [ ] - EOM-CCSD: 3.8 ev! " Ψ -matched VMC: $ = multi-slater from CISPI 3.8 ev Pineda Flores & Neuscamman, in preparation

30 solids in QMC, solids are molecules with funny electrons! = # + % && + % '& + % '' periodic sums, but still a finite number of particles

31 the wave function splined DFT orbitals

32 the wave function splined DFT orbitals DFT orbitals are not perfect

33 the wave function splined DFT orbitals DFT orbitals are not perfect Ψ = all singles + doubles on important singles (then cut off small singles to variance match)

34 optical gaps 14 LiF 12 VMC gap (ev) ZnO C LiH 2 0 Si Experimental gap (ev) Zhao & Neuscamman, arxiv

35 Zinc Oxide G 0 W 0 HF Gap (ev) G 0 W 0 PBE0 G 0 W 0 HSE Experiment BSE exciton binding ~ 0.06 ev G 0 W 0 PBE Bechstedt et al, PRB 2009 Pulci et al, PRB 2010 Kresse et al, PRB 2007 (2 papers) Zhao & Neuscamman, arxiv

36 Zinc Oxide G 0 W 0 HF Gap (ev) G 0 W 0 PBE0 G 0 W 0 HSE GW HSE GW PBE Experiment BSE exciton binding ~ 0.06 ev G 0 W 0 PBE Bechstedt et al, PRB 2009 Pulci et al, PRB 2010 Kresse et al, PRB 2007 (2 papers) Zhao & Neuscamman, arxiv

37 Zinc Oxide G 0 W 0 HF VMC-HF 90% HOMO LUMO Gap (ev) VMC LDA VMC PBE0 VMC HF G 0 W 0 PBE0 G 0 W 0 HSE GW HSE GW PBE Experiment VMC-PBE0 85% HOMO LUMO VMC-LDA 80% HOMO LUMO BSE exciton binding ~ 0.06 ev G 0 W 0 PBE Bechstedt et al, PRB 2009 Pulci et al, PRB 2010 Kresse et al, PRB 2007 (2 papers) Zhao & Neuscamman, arxiv

38 the menu aperitif: number counting Jastrows main course: excited states with QMC dessert: optimization methods

39 the linear method Ψ # a & Ψ # + (, )*+ - ).Ψ.# ) minimize / w.r.t. -, or, in other words, solve 0 - = / 2 - good: fast convergence well established bad: matrices get huge highly nonlinear Umrigar, Toulouse, Filippi, Sorella, Hennig, PRL 2007

40 accelerated descent remember the average movement and add momentum good: low memory nearly linear bad: first order method little VMC data so far Schwarz, Alavi, Booth, PRL 2017 Sabzevari & Sharma, arxiv

41 blocked linear method Ψ # with # = {# &,, # ), # )*&,, # +), # +)*&,, #,), } do linear method for first set Zhao & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

42 blocked linear method Ψ # with # = {# &,, # ), # )*&,, # +), # +)*&,, #,), } do linear method for first set then second set Zhao & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

43 blocked linear method Ψ # with # = {# &,, # ), # )*&,, # +), # +)*&,, #,), } do linear method for first set then second set then third set Zhao & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

44 blocked linear method Ψ # with # = {# &,, # ), # )*&,, # +), # +)*&,, #,), } do linear method for first set then second set then third set now restrict variables to best directions from each set do LM on Ψ # Ψ / with / much shorter than # good: fast convergence low memory bad: extra samples little VMC data so far Zhao & Neuscamman, JCTC 2017

45 hybrid method? hard to couple stiff parameters w/o 2 nd order derivatives accelerated descent blocked linear method needs info about other blocks to get coupling right

46 comparing methods in CaO optimizing NCJF, orbitals, 2-body Jastrows strongly coupled linear method Energy (Hartree) blocked linear method hybrid method VMC Samples (millions)

47 future directions oo-msj in solids core excitations selective CI VMC DMC black-box hybrid optimizer

48 acknowledgements - Gas Phase Chemical Physics - Computational & Theoretical Chemistry

Time-dependent linear-response variational Monte Carlo.

Time-dependent linear-response variational Monte Carlo. Time-dependent linear-response variational Monte Carlo. Bastien Mussard bastien.mussard@colorado.edu https://mussard.github.io/ Julien Toulouse julien.toulouse@upmc.fr Sorbonne University, Paris (web)

More information

Recent advances in quantum Monte Carlo for quantum chemistry: optimization of wave functions and calculation of observables

Recent advances in quantum Monte Carlo for quantum chemistry: optimization of wave functions and calculation of observables Recent advances in quantum Monte Carlo for quantum chemistry: optimization of wave functions and calculation of observables Julien Toulouse 1, Cyrus J. Umrigar 2, Roland Assaraf 1 1 Laboratoire de Chimie

More information

Optimization of quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) wave functions by energy minimization

Optimization of quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) wave functions by energy minimization Optimization of quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) wave functions by energy minimization Julien Toulouse, Cyrus Umrigar, Roland Assaraf Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. Laboratoire

More information

Quantum Monte Carlo wave functions and their optimization for quantum chemistry

Quantum Monte Carlo wave functions and their optimization for quantum chemistry Quantum Monte Carlo wave functions and their optimization for quantum chemistry Julien Toulouse Université Pierre & Marie Curie and CNRS, Paris, France CEA Saclay, SPhN Orme des Merisiers April 2015 Outline

More information

Optimization of quantum Monte Carlo wave functions by energy minimization

Optimization of quantum Monte Carlo wave functions by energy minimization Optimization of quantum Monte Carlo wave functions by energy minimization Julien Toulouse, Roland Assaraf, Cyrus J. Umrigar Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie and CNRS, Paris,

More information

Ab-initio molecular dynamics for High pressure Hydrogen

Ab-initio molecular dynamics for High pressure Hydrogen Ab-initio molecular dynamics for High pressure Hydrogen Claudio Attaccalite Institut d'electronique, Microélectronique et Nanotechnologie (IEMN), Lille Outline A brief introduction to Quantum Monte Carlo

More information

Size-extensive wave functions for QMC A linear-scaling GVB approach

Size-extensive wave functions for QMC A linear-scaling GVB approach Size-extensive wave functions for QMC A linear-scaling GVB approach Claudia Filippi, University of Twente, The Netherlands Francesco Fracchia, University of Pisa, Italy Claudio Amovilli, University of

More information

Quantum Monte Carlo backflow calculations of benzene dimers

Quantum Monte Carlo backflow calculations of benzene dimers Quantum Monte Carlo backflow calculations of benzene dimers Kathleen Schwarz*, Cyrus Umrigar**, Richard Hennig*** *Cornell University Department of Chemistry, **Cornell University Department of Physics,

More information

Solid-State Optical Absorption from Optimally-Tuned Time- Dependent Screened Range- Separated Hybrids

Solid-State Optical Absorption from Optimally-Tuned Time- Dependent Screened Range- Separated Hybrids Solid-State Optical Absorption from Optimally-Tuned Time- Dependent Screened Range- Separated Hybrids Sivan Refaely-Abramson University of California, Berkeley; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TDDFT

More information

QMC dissociation energy of the water dimer: Time step errors and backflow calculations

QMC dissociation energy of the water dimer: Time step errors and backflow calculations QMC dissociation energy of the water dimer: Time step errors and backflow calculations Idoia G. de Gurtubay and Richard J. Needs TCM group. Cavendish Laboratory University of Cambridge Idoia G. de Gurtubay.

More information

Quantum Monte Carlo Benchmarks Density Functionals: Si Defects

Quantum Monte Carlo Benchmarks Density Functionals: Si Defects Quantum Monte Carlo Benchmarks Density Functionals: Si Defects K P Driver, W D Parker, R G Hennig, J W Wilkins (OSU) C J Umrigar (Cornell), R Martin, E Batista, B Uberuaga (LANL), J Heyd, G Scuseria (Rice)

More information

Correlation in correlated materials (mostly transition metal oxides) Lucas K. Wagner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Correlation in correlated materials (mostly transition metal oxides) Lucas K. Wagner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Correlation in correlated materials (mostly transition metal oxides) Lucas K. Wagner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Understanding of correlated materials is mostly phenomenological FN- DMC

More information

Resonating Valence Bond wave function with molecular orbitals: application to diatomic molecules

Resonating Valence Bond wave function with molecular orbitals: application to diatomic molecules Resonating Valence Bond wave function with molecular orbitals: application to diatomic molecules M. Marchi 1,2, S. Azadi 2, M. Casula 3, S. Sorella 1,2 1 DEMOCRITOS, National Simulation Center, 34014,

More information

arxiv: v1 [cond-mat.str-el] 1 Nov 2018

arxiv: v1 [cond-mat.str-el] 1 Nov 2018 Excited State Specific Multi-Slater Jastrow Wave Functions arxiv:1811.00583v1 [cond-mat.str-el] 1 Nov 2018 Sergio D. Pineda Flores 1 and Eric Neuscamman 1,2, 1 Department of Chemistry, University of California,

More information

The Electronic Structure of Dye- Sensitized TiO 2 Clusters from Many- Body Perturbation Theory

The Electronic Structure of Dye- Sensitized TiO 2 Clusters from Many- Body Perturbation Theory The Electronic Structure of Dye- Sensitized TiO 2 Clusters from Many- Body Perturbation Theory Noa Marom Center for Computational Materials Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences The University

More information

Wave Function Optimization and VMC

Wave Function Optimization and VMC Wave Function Optimization and VMC Jeremy McMinis The University of Illinois July 26, 2012 Outline Motivation History of Wave Function Optimization Optimization in QMCPACK Multideterminant Example Motivation:

More information

Density-functional theory at noninteger electron numbers

Density-functional theory at noninteger electron numbers Density-functional theory at noninteger electron numbers Tim Gould 1, Julien Toulouse 2 1 Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia 2 Université Pierre & Marie Curie and CRS, Paris, France July 215 Introduction

More information

Kevin Driver 1 Shuai Zhang 1 Burkhard Militzer 1 R. E. Cohen 2.

Kevin Driver 1 Shuai Zhang 1 Burkhard Militzer 1 R. E. Cohen 2. Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of a Single Iron Impurity in MgO Kevin Driver 1 Shuai Zhang 1 Burkhard Militzer 1 R. E. Cohen 2 1 Department of Earth & Planetary Science University of California, Berkeley

More information

Orbital Density Dependent Functionals

Orbital Density Dependent Functionals Orbital Density Dependent Functionals S. Kluepfel1, P. Kluepfel1, Hildur Guðmundsdóttir1 and Hannes Jónsson1,2 1. Univ. of Iceland; 2. Aalto University Outline: Problems with GGA approximation (PBE, RPBE,...)

More information

Fixed-Node quantum Monte Carlo for Chemistry

Fixed-Node quantum Monte Carlo for Chemistry Fixed-Node quantum Monte Carlo for Chemistry Michel Caffarel Lab. Physique et Chimie Quantiques, CNRS-IRSAMC, Université de Toulouse e-mail : caffarel@irsamc.ups-tlse.fr. p.1/29 The N-body problem of Chemistry

More information

New applications of Diffusion Quantum Monte Carlo

New applications of Diffusion Quantum Monte Carlo New applications of Diffusion Quantum Monte Carlo Paul R. C. Kent (ORNL) Graphite: P. Ganesh, J. Kim, C. Park, M. Yoon, F. A. Reboredo (ORNL) Platinum: W. Parker, A. Benali, N. Romero (ANL), J. Greeley

More information

First- principles studies of spin-crossover molecules

First- principles studies of spin-crossover molecules Vallico di Sotto, 30 th July 2012 First- principles studies of spin-crossover molecules Andrea Droghetti and Stefano Sanvito School of Physics and CRANN, Trinity College Dublin Dario Alfe' London Centre

More information

Electronic structure quantum Monte Carlo methods and variable spins: beyond fixedphase/node

Electronic structure quantum Monte Carlo methods and variable spins: beyond fixedphase/node Electronic structure quantum Monte Carlo methods and variable spins: beyond fixedphase/node approximations Cody Melton, M. Chandler Bennett, L. Mitas, with A. Ambrosetti, F. Pederiva North Carolina State

More information

Electronic band structure, sx-lda, Hybrid DFT, LDA+U and all that. Keith Refson STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Electronic band structure, sx-lda, Hybrid DFT, LDA+U and all that. Keith Refson STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Electronic band structure, sx-lda, Hybrid DFT, LDA+U and all that Keith Refson STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory LDA/GGA DFT is good but... Naive LDA/GGA calculation severely underestimates band-gaps.

More information

Multiconfiguration wave functions for quantum Monte Carlo calculations of first-row diatomic molecules

Multiconfiguration wave functions for quantum Monte Carlo calculations of first-row diatomic molecules Multiconfiguration wave functions for quantum Monte Carlo calculations of first-row diatomic molecules Claudia Filippi Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Theory Center, Cornell University,

More information

Quantum Monte Carlo methods

Quantum Monte Carlo methods Quantum Monte Carlo methods Lubos Mitas North Carolina State University Urbana, August 2006 Lubos_Mitas@ncsu.edu H= 1 2 i i 2 i, I Z I r ii i j 1 r ij E ion ion H r 1, r 2,... =E r 1, r 2,... - ground

More information

Spin-crossover molecules: puzzling systems for electronic structure methods. Andrea Droghetti School of Physics and CRANN, Trinity College Dublin

Spin-crossover molecules: puzzling systems for electronic structure methods. Andrea Droghetti School of Physics and CRANN, Trinity College Dublin Spin-crossover molecules: puzzling systems for electronic structure methods Andrea Droghetti School of Physics and CRANN, Trinity College Dublin Introduction Introduction Can we read a molecule spin? Can

More information

A guide to the perplexed

A guide to the perplexed Wave function embedding methods and excited states: A guide to the perplexed Csaba Daday and Claudia Filippi MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, the Netherlands Carolin König and

More information

Convergence of many-body wavefunction expansions using a plane wave basis: From the homogeneous electron gas to the solid state

Convergence of many-body wavefunction expansions using a plane wave basis: From the homogeneous electron gas to the solid state Convergence of many-body wavefunction expansions using a plane wave basis: From the homogeneous electron gas to the solid state TCM Electronic Structure Discussion Group James Shepherd (CUC3, Alavi Group)

More information

Intermediate DFT. Kieron Burke and Lucas Wagner. Departments of Physics and of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA

Intermediate DFT. Kieron Burke and Lucas Wagner. Departments of Physics and of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA Intermediate DFT Kieron Burke and Lucas Wagner Departments of Physics and of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA October 10-19th, 2012 Kieron (UC Irvine) Intermediate DFT Lausanne12

More information

XYZ of ground-state DFT

XYZ of ground-state DFT XYZ of ground-state DFT Kieron Burke and Lucas Wagner Departments of Physics and of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA January 5-9th, 2014 Kieron (UC Irvine) XYZ of ground-state

More information

Role of van der Waals Interactions in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology

Role of van der Waals Interactions in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology Role of van der Waals Interactions in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology How can we describe vdw forces in materials accurately? Failure of DFT Approximations for (Long-Range) Van der Waals Interactions 1

More information

Pseudopotentials for hybrid density functionals and SCAN

Pseudopotentials for hybrid density functionals and SCAN Pseudopotentials for hybrid density functionals and SCAN Jing Yang, Liang Z. Tan, Julian Gebhardt, and Andrew M. Rappe Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Why do we need pseudopotentials?

More information

Quantum Monte Carlo tutorial. Lucas K. Wagner Dept. of Physics; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Quantum Monte Carlo tutorial. Lucas K. Wagner Dept. of Physics; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Quantum Monte Carlo tutorial Lucas K. Wagner Dept. of Physics; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign QMC: what is it good for? Theoretical gap (ev) 5 4 3 2 1 FN-DMC DFT(PBE) VO 2 (monoclinic) La 2

More information

Accurate barrier heights using diffusion Monte Carlo

Accurate barrier heights using diffusion Monte Carlo Accurate barrier heights using diffusion Monte Carlo Kittithat Krongchon, Brian Busemeyer, and Lucas K. Wagner Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Dated: March 9, 217) Fixed

More information

Modified Becke-Johnson (mbj) exchange potential

Modified Becke-Johnson (mbj) exchange potential Modified Becke-Johnson (mbj) exchange potential Hideyuki Jippo Fujitsu Laboratories LTD. 2015.12.21-22 OpenMX developer s meeting @ Kobe Overview: mbj potential The semilocal exchange potential adding

More information

Multi-reference Density Functional Theory. COLUMBUS Workshop Argonne National Laboratory 15 August 2005

Multi-reference Density Functional Theory. COLUMBUS Workshop Argonne National Laboratory 15 August 2005 Multi-reference Density Functional Theory COLUMBUS Workshop Argonne National Laboratory 15 August 2005 Capt Eric V. Beck Air Force Institute of Technology Department of Engineering Physics 2950 Hobson

More information

arxiv: v1 [cond-mat.str-el] 17 Aug 2016

arxiv: v1 [cond-mat.str-el] 17 Aug 2016 arxiv:1608.04901v1 [cond-mat.str-el] 17 Aug 2016 Evolutionary algorithm based configuration interaction approach Rahul Chakraborty 1 1, a) and Debashree Ghosh Physical and Materials Chemistry Division,

More information

Auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo calculations of excited states and strongly correlated systems

Auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo calculations of excited states and strongly correlated systems Auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo calculations of excited states and strongly correlated systems Formally simple -- a framework for going beyond DFT? Random walks in non-orthogonal Slater determinant

More information

Binding energy of bilayer graphene and Electronic properties of oligoynes

Binding energy of bilayer graphene and Electronic properties of oligoynes Binding energy of bilayer graphene and Electronic properties of oligoynes E. Mostaani and N. Drummond Thursday, 31 July 2014 Van der Waals interaction Important contributions to the description of binding

More information

Introduction and Overview of the Reduced Density Matrix Functional Theory

Introduction and Overview of the Reduced Density Matrix Functional Theory Introduction and Overview of the Reduced Density Matrix Functional Theory N. N. Lathiotakis Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens April 13, 2016 Outline

More information

Quantum Monte Carlo study of the ground state of the two-dimensional Fermi fluid

Quantum Monte Carlo study of the ground state of the two-dimensional Fermi fluid Quantum Monte Carlo study of the ground state of the two-dimensional Fermi fluid N. D. Drummond and R. J. Needs TCM Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge

More information

Quantum Monte Carlo for excited state calculations

Quantum Monte Carlo for excited state calculations Quantum Monte Carlo for excited state calculations Claudia Filippi MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands Winter School in Theoretical Chemistry, Helsinki, Finland, Dec

More information

Orbital-dependent backflow transformations in quantum Monte Carlo

Orbital-dependent backflow transformations in quantum Monte Carlo transformations in quantum Monte Carlo P. Seth, P. López Ríos, and R. J. Needs TCM group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge 5 December 2012 VMC and DMC Optimization Wave functions Variational

More information

Ryo Maezono. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan. treated by CHAMP. School of Information Science,

Ryo Maezono. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan. treated by CHAMP. School of Information Science, TTI09@Valico Sotto, Italy, 28.Jul.09 treated by CHAMP Ryo Maezono rmaezono@mac.com School of Information Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan. - Masayoshi Shimomoto

More information

Electronic structure quantum Monte Carlo methods with variable spins and fixed-phase/node approximations

Electronic structure quantum Monte Carlo methods with variable spins and fixed-phase/node approximations Electronic structure quantum Monte Carlo methods with variable spins and fixed-phase/node approximations C. Melton, M.C. Bennett, L. Mitas with A. Ambrosetti, F. Pederiva North Carolina State University

More information

Quantum Mechanical Simulations

Quantum Mechanical Simulations Quantum Mechanical Simulations Prof. Yan Wang Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332, U.S.A. yan.wang@me.gatech.edu Topics Quantum Monte Carlo Hartree-Fock

More information

The Nature of the Interlayer Interaction in Bulk. and Few-Layer Phosphorus

The Nature of the Interlayer Interaction in Bulk. and Few-Layer Phosphorus Supporting Information for: The Nature of the Interlayer Interaction in Bulk and Few-Layer Phosphorus L. Shulenburger, A.D. Baczewski, Z. Zhu, J. Guan, and D. Tománek, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque,

More information

Towards gas-phase accuracy for condensed phase problems

Towards gas-phase accuracy for condensed phase problems Towards gas-phase accuracy for condensed phase problems Fred Manby Centre for Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry University of Bristol STC 2006: Quantum Chemistry Methods and Applications Erkner,

More information

Spring College on Computational Nanoscience

Spring College on Computational Nanoscience 2145-29 Spring College on Computational Nanoscience 17-28 May 2010 At the Fifth Rung of Jacob's Ladder: A Discussion of Exact Exchange plus Local- and Nonlocal-density Approximations to the Correlation

More information

Ab-initio simulation of liquid water by quantum Monte Carlo

Ab-initio simulation of liquid water by quantum Monte Carlo Ab-initio simulation of liquid water by quantum Monte Carlo Sandro Sorella G. Mazzola & Y. Luo SISSA, IOM DEMOCRITOS, Trieste A. Zen, L. Guidoni U. of L Aquila, L Aquila 28 July 2014, Mike Towler Institute,

More information

Tracking excited states in wave function optimization using density matrices and variational principles

Tracking excited states in wave function optimization using density matrices and variational principles Tracking excited states in wave function optimization using density matrices and variational principles virtue of being insensitive to the ordering of the states within the average. However, it achieves

More information

Singlet fission for solar energy conversion A theoretical insight

Singlet fission for solar energy conversion A theoretical insight Singlet fission for solar energy conversion A theoretical insight David Casanova Quantum Days in Bilbao July 16, 2014 Harvesting Solar Energy Solar energy 1h = 1 year human consumption We use ~ 0.07% Earth

More information

Computational Chemistry I

Computational Chemistry I Computational Chemistry I Text book Cramer: Essentials of Quantum Chemistry, Wiley (2 ed.) Chapter 3. Post Hartree-Fock methods (Cramer: chapter 7) There are many ways to improve the HF method. Most of

More information

QMC dissociation energies of three-electron hemibonded radical cation dimers... and water clusters

QMC dissociation energies of three-electron hemibonded radical cation dimers... and water clusters QMC dissociation energies of three-electron hemibonded radical cation dimers... and water clusters Idoia G. de Gurtubay TCM group. Cavendish Laboratory University of Cambridge Idoia G. de Gurtubay. Quantum

More information

Supporting Information

Supporting Information Supporting Information Computational Evidence of Inversion of 1 L a and 1 L b -Derived Excited States in Naphthalene Excimer Formation from ab Initio Multireference Theory with Large Active Space: DMRG-CASPT2

More information

Advanced Electronic Structure Theory Density functional theory. Dr Fred Manby

Advanced Electronic Structure Theory Density functional theory. Dr Fred Manby Advanced Electronic Structure Theory Density functional theory Dr Fred Manby fred.manby@bris.ac.uk http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/pt/manby/ 6 Strengths of DFT DFT is one of many theories used by (computational)

More information

Dept of Mechanical Engineering MIT Nanoengineering group

Dept of Mechanical Engineering MIT Nanoengineering group 1 Dept of Mechanical Engineering MIT Nanoengineering group » To calculate all the properties of a molecule or crystalline system knowing its atomic information: Atomic species Their coordinates The Symmetry

More information

College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, China. Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Berlin, Germany

College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, China. Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Berlin, Germany KITP Program Excitations in Condensed Matter Localized and Itinerant States in a Unified Picture beyond Density Functional Theory Hong Jiang 1, Patrick Rinke 2 and Matthias Scheffler 2 1 College of Chemistry,

More information

From real materials to model Hamiltonians with density matrix downfolding

From real materials to model Hamiltonians with density matrix downfolding From real materials to model Hamiltonians with density matrix downfolding (Converting a many-electron problem to a fewer-electron one) Hitesh J. Changlani Florida State University Based on HJC, H. Zheng,

More information

LUMO + 1 LUMO. Tómas Arnar Guðmundsson Report 2 Reikniefnafræði G

LUMO + 1 LUMO. Tómas Arnar Guðmundsson Report 2 Reikniefnafræði G Q1: Display all the MOs for N2 in your report and classify each one of them as bonding, antibonding or non-bonding, and say whether the symmetry of the orbital is σ or π. Sketch a molecular orbital diagram

More information

Teoría del Funcional de la Densidad (Density Functional Theory)

Teoría del Funcional de la Densidad (Density Functional Theory) Teoría del Funcional de la Densidad (Density Functional Theory) Motivation: limitations of the standard approach based on the wave function. The electronic density n(r) as the key variable: Functionals

More information

Coupled-Cluster Perturbative Triples for Bond Breaking

Coupled-Cluster Perturbative Triples for Bond Breaking Coupled-Cluster Perturbative Triples for Bond Breaking Andrew G. Taube and Rodney J. Bartlett Quantum Theory Project University of Florida INT CC Meeting Seattle July 8, 2008 Why does chemistry need triples?

More information

Performance ofhybrid density functional methods,screened exchange and EXX-OEP methodsin the PAW approach p.1/26

Performance ofhybrid density functional methods,screened exchange and EXX-OEP methodsin the PAW approach p.1/26 Performance of hybrid density functional methods, screened exchange and EXX-OEP methods in the PAW approach Georg Kresse, J Paier, R Hirschl, M Marsmann Institut für Materialphysik and Centre for Computational

More information

Reikniefnafræði - Verkefni 1 Haustmisseri 2013 Kennari - Hannes Jónsson

Reikniefnafræði - Verkefni 1 Haustmisseri 2013 Kennari - Hannes Jónsson Háskóli Íslands, raunvísindasvið Reikniefnafræði - Verkefni 1 Haustmisseri 2013 Kennari - Hannes Jónsson Guðjón Henning 11. september 2013 A. Molecular orbitals and electron density of H 2 Q1: Present

More information

Mott insulators. Introduction Cluster-model description Chemical trend Band description Self-energy correction

Mott insulators. Introduction Cluster-model description Chemical trend Band description Self-energy correction Mott insulators Introduction Cluster-model description Chemical trend Band description Self-energy correction Introduction Mott insulators Lattice models for transition-metal compounds Hubbard model Anderson-lattice

More information

Accurate van der Waals interactions from ground state electron density

Accurate van der Waals interactions from ground state electron density Accurate van der Waals interactions from ground state electron density Alexandre Tkatchenko Theory Department, Fritz Haber Institut der MPG Berlin, Germany tkatchen@fhi berlin.mpg.de Haber Institute EXCITCM09,

More information

Electron Emission from Diamondoids: a DMC Study. Neil D. Drummond Andrew J. Williamson Richard J. Needs and Giulia Galli

Electron Emission from Diamondoids: a DMC Study. Neil D. Drummond Andrew J. Williamson Richard J. Needs and Giulia Galli Electron Emission from Diamondoids: a DMC Study Neil D. Drummond Andrew J. Williamson Richard J. Needs and Giulia Galli October 18, 2005 1 Semiconductor Nanoparticles for Optoelectronic Devices (I) The

More information

The Self Interaction Correction revisited

The Self Interaction Correction revisited The Self Interaction Correction revisited Explicit dynamics of clusters and molecules under irradiation Spectroscopic accuracy at low energy SIC problem : one electron interacts with its own mean-field!

More information

The QMC Petascale Project

The QMC Petascale Project The QMC Petascale Project Richard G. Hennig What will a petascale computer look like? What are the limitations of current QMC algorithms for petascale computers? How can Quantum Monte Carlo algorithms

More information

Putting a spin on time dependent electronic structure theory! Joshua Goings! General Exam! Thursday, May 14, 10:00am CHB 339

Putting a spin on time dependent electronic structure theory! Joshua Goings! General Exam! Thursday, May 14, 10:00am CHB 339 Putting a spin on time dependent electronic structure theory Joshua Goings General Exam Thursday, May 14, 10:00am CHB 339 Thank you to General Exam Committee Xiaosong Li (chair) Jim Pfaendtner (GSR) Matthew

More information

Multi-Scale Modeling from First Principles

Multi-Scale Modeling from First Principles m mm Multi-Scale Modeling from First Principles μm nm m mm μm nm space space Predictive modeling and simulations must address all time and Continuum Equations, densityfunctional space scales Rate Equations

More information

Electronic excitations in materials for solar cells

Electronic excitations in materials for solar cells Electronic excitations in materials for solar cells beyond standard density functional theory Silvana Botti 1 LSI, École Polytechnique-CNRS-CEA, Palaiseau, France 2 LPMCN, CNRS-Université Lyon 1, France

More information

Prediction of spectroscopic parameters for bio-organic and bio-inorganic intermediates in complex systems

Prediction of spectroscopic parameters for bio-organic and bio-inorganic intermediates in complex systems Prediction of spectroscopic parameters for bio-organic and bio-inorganic intermediates in complex systems Erik Donovan Hedegård Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy University of Southern Denmark

More information

Bayesian Error Estimation in Density Functional Theory

Bayesian Error Estimation in Density Functional Theory Bayesian Error Estimation in Density Functional Theory Karsten W. Jacobsen Jens Jørgen Mortensen Kristen Kaasbjerg Søren L. Frederiksen Jens K. Nørskov CAMP, Dept. of Physics, DTU James P. Sethna LASSP,

More information

Noncollinear spins in QMC: spiral Spin Density Waves in the HEG

Noncollinear spins in QMC: spiral Spin Density Waves in the HEG Noncollinear spins in QMC: spiral Spin Density Waves in the HEG Zoltán Radnai and Richard J. Needs Workshop at The Towler Institute July 2006 Overview What are noncollinear spin systems and why are they

More information

Introduction to Path Integral Monte Carlo. Part I.

Introduction to Path Integral Monte Carlo. Part I. Introduction to Path Integral Monte Carlo. Part I. Alexey Filinov, Jens Böning, Michael Bonitz Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany

More information

Answers Quantum Chemistry NWI-MOL406 G. C. Groenenboom and G. A. de Wijs, HG00.307, 8:30-11:30, 21 jan 2014

Answers Quantum Chemistry NWI-MOL406 G. C. Groenenboom and G. A. de Wijs, HG00.307, 8:30-11:30, 21 jan 2014 Answers Quantum Chemistry NWI-MOL406 G. C. Groenenboom and G. A. de Wijs, HG00.307, 8:30-11:30, 21 jan 2014 Question 1: Basis sets Consider the split valence SV3-21G one electron basis set for formaldehyde

More information

Outline. Introduction: graphene. Adsorption on graphene: - Chemisorption - Physisorption. Summary

Outline. Introduction: graphene. Adsorption on graphene: - Chemisorption - Physisorption. Summary Outline Introduction: graphene Adsorption on graphene: - Chemisorption - Physisorption Summary 1 Electronic band structure: Electronic properties K Γ M v F = 10 6 ms -1 = c/300 massless Dirac particles!

More information

Multiconfigurational methods in MOLCAS

Multiconfigurational methods in MOLCAS Multiconfigurational methods in MOLCAS Valera Veryazov Valera.Veryazov@teokem.lu.se Division of Theoretical Chemistry Lund University Sweden CASSCF//CASPT2 p. 1/?? Overview What is correlation? CASPT2

More information

Many electrons: Density functional theory Part II. Bedřich Velický VI.

Many electrons: Density functional theory Part II. Bedřich Velický VI. Many electrons: Density functional theory Part II. Bedřich Velický velicky@karlov.mff.cuni.cz VI. NEVF 514 Surface Physics Winter Term 013-014 Troja 1 st November 013 This class is the second devoted to

More information

Binding energy of 2D materials using Quantum Monte Carlo

Binding energy of 2D materials using Quantum Monte Carlo Quantum Monte Carlo in the Apuan Alps IX International Workshop, 26th July to 2nd August 2014 The Apuan Alps Centre for Physics @ TTI, Vallico Sotto, Tuscany, Italy Binding energy of 2D materials using

More information

Modeling Ultrafast Deactivation in Oligothiophenes via Nonadiabatic Dynamics

Modeling Ultrafast Deactivation in Oligothiophenes via Nonadiabatic Dynamics Electronic Supplementary Material (ESI) for Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. This journal is the Owner Societies 2015 Supplementary Data for Modeling Ultrafast Deactivation in Oligothiophenes via Nonadiabatic

More information

The Basics of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

The Basics of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Bernd M. Rode, Thomas S. Hofer, and Michael D. Kugler The Basics of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry BICENTENNIA BICENTBNN I AL. WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA V Contents Preface IX 1 Introduction

More information

3/23/2010 More basics of DFT Kieron Burke and friends UC Irvine Physics and Chemistry References for ground-state DFT ABC of DFT, by KB and Rudy Magyar, http://dft.uci.edu A Primer in Density Functional

More information

arxiv:physics/ v2 [physics.chem-ph] 9 Apr 2005

arxiv:physics/ v2 [physics.chem-ph] 9 Apr 2005 Electronic Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations of Atomic Forces, Vibrations, and Anharmonicities arxiv:physics/0411209v2 [physics.chem-ph] 9 Apr 2005 Myung Won Lee a), Massimo Mella b), and Andrew M. Rappe

More information

Bridging Scales Through Wavefunction Analysis

Bridging Scales Through Wavefunction Analysis Bridging Scales Through Wavefunction Analysis Felix Plasser Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna Excited States Bridging Scales Marseille, November 7 10, 2016 F. Plasser Wavefunction

More information

Combining density-functional theory and many-body methods

Combining density-functional theory and many-body methods Combining density-functional theory and many-body methods Julien Toulouse Université Pierre & Marie Curie and CNRS, Paris, France Albuquerque New Mexico, USA June 2016 Outline 2/23 1 A brief overview of

More information

Time-dependent linear-response variational Monte Carlo

Time-dependent linear-response variational Monte Carlo Time-dependent linear-response variational Monte Carlo Bastien Mussard 1,2, Emanuele Coccia 1,3, Roland Assaraf 1, Matt Otten 4, C. J. Umrigar 4, and Julien Toulouse 1 1 Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique,

More information

Semistochastic Quantum Monte Carlo A Hybrid of Exact Diagonalization and QMC Methods and Optimization of FN-PMC energies and FN-PMC forces

Semistochastic Quantum Monte Carlo A Hybrid of Exact Diagonalization and QMC Methods and Optimization of FN-PMC energies and FN-PMC forces Semistochastic Quantum Monte Carlo A Hybrid of Exact Diagonalization and QMC Methods and Optimization of FN-PMC energies and FN-PMC forces Cyrus Umrigar Physics Department, Cornell University, Ithaca.

More information

MBPT and TDDFT Theory and Tools for Electronic-Optical Properties Calculations in Material Science

MBPT and TDDFT Theory and Tools for Electronic-Optical Properties Calculations in Material Science MBPT and TDDFT Theory and Tools for Electronic-Optical Properties Calculations in Material Science Dott.ssa Letizia Chiodo Nano-bio Spectroscopy Group & ETSF - European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility,

More information

3: Many electrons. Orbital symmetries. l =2 1. m l

3: Many electrons. Orbital symmetries. l =2 1. m l 3: Many electrons Orbital symmetries Atomic orbitals are labelled according to the principal quantum number, n, and the orbital angular momentum quantum number, l. Electrons in a diatomic molecule experience

More information

Self-Consistent Implementation of Self-Interaction Corrected DFT and of the Exact Exchange Functionals in Plane-Wave DFT

Self-Consistent Implementation of Self-Interaction Corrected DFT and of the Exact Exchange Functionals in Plane-Wave DFT Self-Consistent Implementation of Self-Interaction Corrected DFT and of the Exact Exchange Functionals in Plane-Wave DFT Kiril Tsemekhman (a), Eric Bylaska (b), Hannes Jonsson (a,c) (a) Department of Chemistry,

More information

Theoretical spectroscopy

Theoretical spectroscopy Theoretical spectroscopy from basic developments to real-world applications M. A. L. Marques http://www.tddft.org/bmg/ 1 LPMCN, CNRS-Université Lyon 1, France 2 European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility

More information

Establishing Quantum Monte Carlo and Hybrid Density Functional Theory as Benchmarking Tools for Complex Solids

Establishing Quantum Monte Carlo and Hybrid Density Functional Theory as Benchmarking Tools for Complex Solids Establishing Quantum Monte Carlo and Hybrid Density Functional Theory as Benchmarking Tools for Complex Solids Kevin P. Driver, Ph.D. Defense, February 1, 011 Outline 1) Introduction: Quantum mechanics

More information

Periodic Trends in Properties of Homonuclear

Periodic Trends in Properties of Homonuclear Chapter 8 Periodic Trends in Properties of Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules Up to now, we have discussed various physical properties of nanostructures, namely, two-dimensional - graphene-like structures:

More information

The search for the nodes of the fermionic ground state

The search for the nodes of the fermionic ground state The search for the nodes of the fermionic ground state ψ ( R) = 0 + - + - - + - + Some believe that unicorns are just shy and difficult to find. However, most people believe blue ones do not exist. We

More information

LUEST in TELLURIDE 2016

LUEST in TELLURIDE 2016 LUEST in TELLURIDE 2016 Meeting Location: Wilkinson Library, 100 W. Pacific Ave Breakfast & Posters: Arroyo Wine Bar, 220 E. Colorado Avenue Host: Telluride Science Research Center (TSRC), http://www.telluridescience.org

More information

v(r i r j ) = h(r i )+ 1 N

v(r i r j ) = h(r i )+ 1 N Chapter 1 Hartree-Fock Theory 1.1 Formalism For N electrons in an external potential V ext (r), the many-electron Hamiltonian can be written as follows: N H = [ p i i=1 m +V ext(r i )]+ 1 N N v(r i r j

More information