Dynamical configuration interaction: Quantum embedding that combines wave functions and Green's functions

Marc Dvorak and Patrick Rinke
Phys. Rev. B 99, 115134 – Published 25 March 2019

Abstract

We present the concept, derivation, and implementation of dynamical configuration interaction, a quantum embedding theory that combines Green's function methodology with the many-body wave function. In a strongly correlated active space, we use full configuration interaction (CI) to describe static correlation exactly. We add energy-dependent corrections to the CI Hamiltonian which, in principle, include all remaining correlations derived from the bath space surrounding the active space. Next, we replace the exact Hamiltonian in the bath with one of excitations defined over a correlated ground state. This transformation is naturally suited to the methodology of many-body Green's functions. In this space, we use a modified GW/Bethe-Salpeter equation procedure to calculate excitation energies. Combined with an estimate of the ground-state energy in the bath, we can efficiently compute the energy-dependent corrections, which correlate the full set of orbitals, for very low computational cost. We present dimer dissociation curves for H2 and N2 in good agreement with exact results. Additionally, excited states of N2 and C2 are in excellent agreement with benchmark theory and experiment. By combining the strengths of two disciplines, we achieve a balanced description of static and dynamic correlation in a fully ab initio, systematically improvable framework.

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  • Received 30 October 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.115134

©2019 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Marc Dvorak* and Patrick Rinke

  • Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, 00076-Aalto, Finland

  • *marc.dvorak@aalto.fi

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Vol. 99, Iss. 11 — 15 March 2019

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