Extended Møller-Plesset perturbation theory for dynamical and static correlations
Author(s)
Tsuchimochi, Takashi
Van Voorhis, Troy
Date Issued
October 2014
Journal
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Publisher
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Citation
Tsuchimochi, Takashi, and Troy Van Voorhis. “Extended Møller-Plesset Perturbation Theory for Dynamical and Static Correlations.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 141, no. 16 (October 28, 2014): 164117.
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
We present a novel method that appropriately handles both dynamical and static electron correlations in a balanced manner, using a perturbation theory on a spin-extended Hartree-Fock (EHF) wave function reference. While EHF is a suitable candidate for degenerate systems where static correlation is ubiquitous, it is known that most of dynamical correlation is neglected in EHF. In this work, we derive a perturbative correction to a fully spin-projected self-consistent wave function based on second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2). The proposed method efficiently captures the ability of EHF to describe static correlation in degeneracy, combined with MP2's ability to treat dynamical correlation effects. We demonstrate drastic improvements on molecular ground state and excited state potential energy curves and singlet-triplet splitting energies over both EHF and MP2 with similar computational effort to the latter.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4898804
