Speeding up the ab initio diffusion Monte Carlo by a smart lattice regularization

Abstract

One of the most significant drawbacks of the all-electron ab initio diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) is that its computational cost drastically increases with the atomic number ($Z$), which typically scales with $Z^{\sim 6}$. In this study, we introduce an algorithm based on a very efficient implementation of the Lattice Regularized Diffusion Monte Carlo (LRDMC), where the conventional time discretization is replaced by its lattice space counterpart. This scheme enables us to conveniently adopt a small lattice space in the vicinity of nuclei, and a large one in the valence region, by which a considerable speedup is achieved, especially for large atomic number $Z$. Indeed, the computational performances of our algorithm can be theoretically established by using the Thomas-Fermi model for heavy atoms, yielding an almost affordable scaling with the atomic number, i.e., $Z^{\sim 5}$. This opens the way for efficient and accurate all-electron ab initio DMC in electronic structure calculations.

arXiv comment5 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables + sup. info

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