Stochastic Resolution of Identity for Real-Time Second-Order Green's Function: Ionization Potential and Quasi-particle Spectrum

Abstract

We develop a stochastic resolution of identity approach to the real-time second-order Green's function (real-time sRI-GF2) theory, extending our recent work for imaginary-time Matsubara Green's function {\em J. Chem. Phys.} {\bf 151}, 044114 (2019)). The approach provides a framework to obtain the quasi-particle spectra across a wide range of frequencies as well as predict ionization potentials and electron affinities. To assess the accuracy of the real-time sRI-GF2, we study a series of molecules and compare our results to experiments and to a many-body perturbation approach based on the GW approximation, where we find that the real-time sRI-GF2 is as accurate as self-consistent GW. The stochastic formulation reduces the formal scaling to $O(N_e^3)$, where $N_e$ is the number of electrons. This is illustrated for a chain of hydrogen dimers, where we observe a slightly lower than cubic scaling for systems containing up to $N_e\approx 1000$.

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