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Direct ΔMBPT(2) method for ionization potentials, electron affinities, and excitation energies using fractional occupation numbers


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dc.contributorJoseph V. Ortiz, jvo0001@auburn.eduen_US
dc.creatorBeste, Ariana
dc.creatorVazquez-Mayagoitia, Alvaro
dc.creatorOrtiz, J. V.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-16T17:19:43Z
dc.date.available2020-01-16T17:19:43Z
dc.date.created2013
dc.identifier10.1063/1.4790626en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.4790626?class=pdfen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11200/49685
dc.description.abstractA direct method (D-ΔMBPT(2)) to calculate second-order ionization potentials (IPs), electron affinities (EAs), and excitation energies is developed. The ΔMBPT(2) method is defined as the correlated extension of the ΔHF method. Energy differences are obtained by integrating the energy derivative with respect to occupation numbers over the appropriate parameter range. This is made possible by writing the second-order energy as a function of the occupation numbers. Relaxation effects are fully included at the SCF level. This is in contrast to linear response theory, which makes the D-ΔMBPT(2) applicable not only to single excited but also higher excited states. We show the relationship of the D-ΔMBPT(2) method for IPs and EAs to a second-order approximation of the effective Fock-space coupled-cluster Hamiltonian and a second-order electron propagator method. We also discuss the connection between the D-ΔMBPT(2) method for excitation energies and the CIS-MP2 method. Finally, as a proof of principle, we apply our method to calculate ionization potentials and excitation energies of some small molecules. For IPs, the ΔMBPT(2) results compare well to the second-order solution of the Dyson equation. For excitation energies, the deviation from equation of motion coupled cluster singles and doubles increases when correlation becomes more important. When using the numerical integration technique, we encounter difficulties that prevented us from reaching the ΔMBPT(2) values. Most importantly, relaxation beyond the Hartree-Fock level is significant and needs to be included in future research.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Chemical Physicsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries0021-9606en_US
dc.titleDirect ΔMBPT(2) method for ionization potentials, electron affinities, and excitation energies using fractional occupation numbersen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genreJournal Article, Academic Journalen_US
dc.citation.volume138en_US
dc.citation.issue7en_US
dc.citation.spage074101-1en_US
dc.citation.epage074101-13en_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.creator.alternateOrtiz, Joseph V.

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