Optimizing the energy with quantum Monte Carlo: A lower numerical scaling for Jastrow–Slater expansions

R Assaraf, S Moroni, C Filippi - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We present an improved formalism for quantum Monte Carlo calculations of energy
derivatives and properties (eg, the interatomic forces), with a multideterminant Jastrow …

[HTML][HTML] TurboRVB: A many-body toolkit for ab initio electronic simulations by quantum Monte Carlo

K Nakano, C Attaccalite, M Barborini… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
TurboRVB is a computational package for ab initio Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) simulations
of both molecular and bulk electronic systems. The code implements two types of well …

Surrogate Hessian accelerated structural optimization for stochastic electronic structure theories

J Tiihonen, PRC Kent, JT Krogel - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We present an efficient energy-based method for structural optimization with stochastic
electronic structure theories, such as diffusion quantum Monte Carlo (DMC). This method is …

Theoretical description of protein field effects on electronic excitations of biological chromophores

D Varsano, S Caprasecca… - Journal of Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Photoinitiated phenomena play a crucial role in many living organisms. Plants, algae, and
bacteria absorb sunlight to perform photosynthesis, and convert water and carbon dioxide …

Excitonic-insulator instability and Peierls distortion in one-dimensional semimetals

M Barborini, M Calandra, F Mauri, L Wirtz, P Cudazzo - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
The charge density wave instability in one-dimensional semimetals is usually explained
through a Peierls-like mechanism, where the coupling of electrons and phonons induces a …

DFT studies on the structural and vibrational properties of polyenes

T Kupka, A Buczek, MA Broda, M Stachów… - Journal of molecular …, 2016 - Springer
Detailed density functional theory (DFT) calculations on the structure and harmonic
frequencies of model all-trans and all-cis polyenes were undertaken. For the first time, we …

Ground state geometries of polyacetylene chains from many-particle quantum mechanics

M Barborini, L Guidoni - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Due to the crucial role played by electron correlation, the accurate determination of ground
state geometries of π-conjugated molecules is still a challenge for many quantum chemistry …

Investigating disjoint non-kekulé diradicals with quantum Monte Carlo: The tetramethyleneethane molecule through the Jastrow antisymmetrized geminal power wave …

M Barborini, E Coccia - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Disjoint non-Kekulé molecules are diradicals that present two independent radical centers
and can violate Hund's rule, according to which the ground state should have triplet spin …

Spectroscopic and second-order nonlinear optical properties of Ruthenium (ii) complexes: a DFT/MRCI and ADC (2) study

D Escudero, W Thiel, B Champagne - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In this communication we use the density functional theory-based multi-reference
configuration interaction (DFT/MRCI) and the second-order algebraic diagrammatic …

Improved virtual orbitals in state specific multireference perturbation theory for prototypes of quasidegenerate electronic structure

S Sinha Ray, P Ghosh, RK Chaudhuri… - The Journal of …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The state-specific multireference perturbation theory (SSMRPT) with an improved virtual
orbital complete active space configuration interaction (IVO-CASCI) reference function …