405 research outputs found
Analytic nuclear forces and molecular properties from full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo
Unbiased stochastic sampling of the one- and two-body reduced density
matrices is achieved in full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo with
the introduction of a second, "replica" ensemble of walkers, whose population
evolves in imaginary time independently from the first, and which entails only
modest additional computational overheads. The matrices obtained from this
approach are shown to be representative of full configuration-interaction
quality, and hence provide a realistic opportunity to achieve high-quality
results for a range of properties whose operators do not necessarily commute
with the hamiltonian. A density-matrix formulated quasi-variational energy
estimator having been already proposed and investigated, the present work
extends the scope of the theory to take in studies of analytic nuclear forces,
molecular dipole moments and polarisabilities, with extensive comparison to
exact results where possible. These new results confirm the suitability of the
sampling technique and, where sufficiently large basis sets are available,
achieve close agreement with experimental values, expanding the scope of the
method to new areas of investigation.Comment: 11 page
Range-separated density-functional theory with random phase approximation: detailed formalism and illustrative applications
Using Green-function many-body theory, we present the details of a formally
exact adiabatic-connection fluctuation-dissipation density-functional theory
based on range separation, which was sketched in Toulouse, Gerber, Jansen,
Savin and Angyan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 096404 (2009). Range-separated
density-functional theory approaches combining short-range density functional
approximations with long-range random phase approximations (RPA) are then
obtained as well-identified approximations on the long-range Green-function
self-energy. Range-separated RPA-type schemes with or without long-range
Hartree-Fock exchange response kernel are assessed on rare-gas and
alkaline-earth dimers, and compared to range-separated second-order
perturbation theory and range-separated coupled-cluster theory.Comment: 15 pages, 3 figures, 2 table
Quasiparticle band structure of infinite hydrogen fluoride and hydrogen chloride chains
We study the quasiparticle band structure of isolated, infinite HF and HCl
bent (zigzag) chains and examine the effect of the crystal field on the energy
levels of the constituent monomers. The chains are one of the simplest but
realistic models of the corresponding three-dimensional crystalline solids. To
describe the isolated monomers and the chains, we set out from the Hartree-Fock
approximation, harnessing the advanced Green's function methods "local
molecular orbital algebraic diagrammatic construction" (ADC) scheme and "local
crystal orbital ADC" (CO-ADC) in a strict second order approximation, ADC(2,2)
and CO-ADC(2,2), respectively, to account for electron correlations. The
configuration space of the periodic correlation calculations is found to
converge rapidly only requiring nearest-neighbor contributions to be regarded.
Although electron correlations cause a pronounced shift of the quasiparticle
band structure of the chains with respect to the Hartree-Fock result, the
bandwidth essentially remains unaltered in contrast to, e.g., covalently bound
compounds.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, 6 tables, RevTeX4, corrected typoe
Molecular-orbital-free algorithm for excited states in time-dependent perturbation theory
A non-linear conjugate gradient optimization scheme is used to obtain
excitation energies within the Random Phase Approximation (RPA). The solutions
to the RPA eigenvalue equation are located through a variational
characterization using a modified Thouless functional, which is based upon an
asymmetric Rayleigh quotient, in an orthogonalized atomic orbital
representation. In this way, the computational bottleneck of calculating
molecular orbitals is avoided. The variational space is reduced to the
physically-relevant transitions by projections. The feasibility of an RPA
implementation scaling linearly with system size, N, is investigated by
monitoring convergence behavior with respect to the quality of initial guess
and sensitivity to noise under thresholding, both for well- and ill-conditioned
problems. The molecular- orbital-free algorithm is found to be robust and
computationally efficient providing a first step toward a large-scale, reduced
complexity calculation of time-dependent optical properties and linear
response. The algorithm is extensible to other forms of time-dependent
perturbation theory including, but not limited to, time-dependent Density
Functional theory.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figure
Full configuration interaction approach to the few-electron problem in artificial atoms
We present a new high-performance configuration interaction code optimally
designed for the calculation of the lowest energy eigenstates of a few
electrons in semiconductor quantum dots (also called artificial atoms) in the
strong interaction regime. The implementation relies on a single-particle
representation, but it is independent of the choice of the single-particle
basis and, therefore, of the details of the device and configuration of
external fields. Assuming no truncation of the Fock space of Slater
determinants generated from the chosen single-particle basis, the code may
tackle regimes where Coulomb interaction very effectively mixes many
determinants. Typical strongly correlated systems lead to very large
diagonalization problems; in our implementation, the secular equation is
reduced to its minimal rank by exploiting the symmetry of the effective-mass
interacting Hamiltonian, including square total spin. The resulting Hamiltonian
is diagonalized via parallel implementation of the Lanczos algorithm. The code
gives access to both wave functions and energies of first excited states.
Excellent code scalability in a parallel environment is demonstrated; accuracy
is tested for the case of up to eight electrons confined in a two-dimensional
harmonic trap as the density is progressively diluted and correlation becomes
dominant. Comparison with previous Quantum Monte Carlo simulations in the
Wigner regime demonstrates power and flexibility of the method.Comment: RevTeX 4.0, 18 pages, 6 tables, 9 postscript b/w figures. Final
version with new material. Section 6 on the excitation spectrum has been
added. Some material has been moved to two appendices, which appear in the
EPAPS web depository in the published versio
High-dimensional fractionalization and spinon deconfinement in pyrochlore antiferromagnets
The ground states of Klein type spin models on the pyrochlore and
checkerboard lattice are spanned by the set of singlet dimer coverings, and
thus possess an extensive ground--state degeneracy. Among the many exotic
consequences is the presence of deconfined fractional excitations (spinons)
which propagate through the entire system. While a realistic electronic model
on the pyrochlore lattice is close to the Klein point, this point is in fact
inherently unstable because any perturbation restores spinon
confinement at . We demonstrate that deconfinement is recovered in the
finite--temperature region , where the deconfined phase
can be characterized as a dilute Coulomb gas of thermally excited spinons. We
investigate the zero--temperature phase diagram away from the Klein point by
means of a variational approach based on the singlet dimer coverings of the
pyrochlore lattices and taking into account their non--orthogonality. We find
that in these systems, nearest neighbor exchange interactions do not lead to
Rokhsar-Kivelson type processes.Comment: 19 page
First Order Static Excitation Potential: Scheme for Excitation Energies and Transition Moments
We present an approximation scheme for the calculation of the principal
excitation energies and transition moments of finite many-body systems. The
scheme is derived from a first order approximation to the self energy of a
recently proposed extended particle-hole Green's function. A hermitian
eigenvalue problem is encountered of the same size as the well-known Random
Phase Approximation (RPA). We find that it yields a size consistent description
of the excitation properties and removes an inconsistent treatment of the
ground state correlation by the RPA. By presenting a hermitian eigenvalue
problem the new scheme avoids the instabilities of the RPA and should be well
suited for large scale numerical calculations. These and additional properties
of the new approximation scheme are illuminated by a very simple exactly
solvable model.Comment: 15 pages revtex, 1 eps figure included, corrections in Eq. (A1) and
Sec. II
Electron attachment to valence-excited CO
The possibility of electron attachment to the valence state of CO
is examined using an {\it ab initio} bound-state multireference configuration
interaction approach. The resulting resonance has symmetry;
the higher vibrational levels of this resonance state coincide with, or are
nearly coincident with, levels of the parent state. Collisional
relaxation to the lowest vibrational levels in hot plasma situations might
yield the possibility of a long-lived CO state.Comment: Revtex file + postscript file for one figur
Ab initio Green's function formalism for band structures
Using the Green's function formalism, an ab initio theory for band structures
of crystals is derived starting from the Hartree-Fock approximation. It is
based on the algebraic diagrammatic construction scheme for the self-energy
which is formulated for crystal orbitals (CO-ADC). In this approach, the poles
of the Green's function are determined by solving a suitable Hermitian
eigenvalue problem. The method is not only applicable to the outer valence and
conduction bands, it is also stable for inner valence bands where strong
electron correlations are effective. The key to the proposed scheme is to
evaluate the self-energy in terms of Wannier orbitals before transforming it to
a crystal momentum representation. Exploiting the fact that electron
correlations are mainly local, one can truncate the lattice summations by an
appropriate configuration selection scheme. This yields a flat configuration
space; i.e., its size scales only linearly with the number of atoms per unit
cell for large systems and, under certain conditions, the computational effort
to determine band structures also scales linearly. As a first application of
the new formalism, a lithium fluoride crystal has been chosen. A minimal basis
set description is studied, and a satisfactory agreement with previous
theoretical and experimental results for the fundamental band gap and the width
of the F 2p valence band complex is obtained.Comment: 20 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, RevTeX4, new section on lithium
fluorid
Hilbert space structure of a solid state quantum computer: two-electron states of a double quantum dot artificial molecule
We study theoretically a double quantum dot hydrogen molecule in the GaAs
conduction band as the basic elementary gate for a quantum computer with the
electron spins in the dots serving as qubits. Such a two-dot system provides
the necessary two-qubit entanglement required for quantum computation. We
determine the excitation spectrum of two horizontally coupled quantum dots with
two confined electrons, and study its dependence on an external magnetic field.
In particular, we focus on the splitting of the lowest singlet and triplet
states, the double occupation probability of the lowest states, and the
relative energy scales of these states. We point out that at zero magnetic
field it is difficult to have both a vanishing double occupation probability
for a small error rate and a sizable exchange coupling for fast gating. On the
other hand, finite magnetic fields may provide finite exchange coupling for
quantum computer operations with small errors. We critically discuss the
applicability of the envelope function approach in the current scheme and also
the merits of various quantum chemical approaches in dealing with few-electron
problems in quantum dots, such as the Hartree-Fock self-consistent field
method, the molecular orbital method, the Heisenberg model, and the Hubbard
model. We also discuss a number of relevant issues in quantum dot quantum
computing in the context of our calculations, such as the required design
tolerance, spin decoherence, adiabatic transitions, magnetic field control, and
error correction.Comment: 22 2-column pages, 11 figures. Published versio
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