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Publications (12)

physics.chem-ph2019

Beyond the Coulson-Fischer point: Characterizing single excitation CI and TDDFT for excited states in single bond dissociations

Diptarka Hait, Adam Rettig, Martin Head-Gordon

Linear response time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), which builds upon configuration interaction singles (CIS) and TD-Hartree-Fock (TDHF), is the most widely used clas…

physics.comp-ph2023

Even Faster Exact Exchange for Solids via Tensor Hypercontraction

Adam Rettig, Joonho Lee, Martin Head-Gordon

Hybrid density functional theory (DFT) remains intractable for large periodic systems due to the demanding computational cost of exact exchange. We apply the tensor hypercontractio…

physics.chem-ph2025

Gaussian-Based Periodic Grand Canonical Density Functional Theory with Implicit Solvation for Computational Electrochemistry

Anton Z. Ni, Adam Rettig, Joonho Lee

We present a numerical method for grand canonical density functional theory (DFT) tailored to solid-state systems, employing Gaussian-type orbitals as the primary basis. Our approa…

physics.chem-ph2018

Well-behaved versus ill-behaved density functionals for single bond dissociation: Separating success from disaster functional by functional for stretched H

Diptarka Hait, Adam Rettig, Martin Head-Gordon

Unrestricted DFT methods are typically expected to describe the homolytic dissociation of nonpolar single bonds in neutral species with qualitative accuracy, due to the lack of sig…

physics.chem-ph2022

Faster Exact Exchange for Solids via occ-RI-K: Application to Combinatorially Optimized Range-Separated Hybrid Functionals for Simple Solids with Pseudopotentials Near the Basis Set Limit

Joonho Lee, Adam Rettig, Xintian Feng +2

In this work, we developed and showcased the occ-RI-K algorithm to compute the exact exchange contribution in density functional calculations of solids near the basis set limit. Wi…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Ab Initio Auxiliary-Field Quantum Monte Carlo in the Thermodynamic Limit

Jinghong Zhang, Meng-Fu Chen, Adam Rettig +5

Ab initio auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) is a systematically improvable many-body method, but its application to extended solids has been severely limited by unfavorab…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Regularized Perturbation Theory for Ab initio Solids

Meng-Fu Chen, Jinghong Zhang, Hieu Q. Dinh +2

Second-order Moller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) for ab initio simulations of solids is often limited by divergence or over-correlation issues, particularly in metallic, narro…

physics.chem-ph2025

Efficient All-Electron Periodic Fourier-Transformed Coulomb Method

Hieu Q. Dinh, Adam Rettig, Xintian Feng +1

We present an efficient algorithm for the all-electron periodic Coulomb matrix based on the Ewald summation combined with the Fourier-transformed Coulomb method. The short-range co…

physics.chem-ph2021

Third order Møller-Plesset theory made more useful? The role of density functional theory orbitals

Adam Rettig, Diptarka Hait, Luke W. Bertels +1

The practical utility of Møller-Plesset (MP) perturbation theory is severely constrained by the use of Hartree-Fock (HF) orbitals. It has recently been shown that use of regulariz…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Chemical Origins of Non-Bonded Interactions Within and Between Solids

Paul J. Robinson, Adam Rettig, Hieu Q. Dinh +2

Non-bonded interactions govern structure, stability, and function across a wide range of solid-state materials, yet their chemical origins are often difficult to resolve from total…

physics.chem-ph2024

Condensed-Phase Quantum Chemistry

Paul J. Robinson, Adam Rettig, Hieu Q. Dinh +2

Molecular quantum chemistry has seen enormous progress in the last few decades thanks to the more advanced and sophisticated numerical techniques and computing power. Following the…

physics.chem-ph2023

A New View on Density Corrected DFT: Can One Get a Better Answer for a Good Reason?

Devin J. Hernandez, Adam Rettig, Martin Head-Gordon

Despite its widespread use, density functional theory (DFT) has several notable areas of failure; perhaps the most well-studied of these failures is self-interaction error (SIE). D…