Aufbau Suppressed Coupled Cluster Theory for Electronically Excited States
arXiv:2311.13576 · doi:10.1021/acs.jctc.3c01285
Abstract
We introduce an approach to improve single-reference coupled cluster theory in settings where the Aufbau determinant is absent from or plays only a small role in the true wave function. Using a de-excitation operator that can be efficiently hidden within a similarity transform, we create a coupled cluster wave function in which de-excitations work to suppress the Aufbau determinant and produce wave functions dominated by other determinants. Thanks to an invertible and fully exponential form, the approach is systematically improvable, size consistent, size extensive, and, interestingly, size intensive in a granular way that should make the adoption of some ground state techniques such as local correlation relatively straightforward. In this initial study, we apply the general formalism to create a state-specific method for orbital-relaxed singly excited states. We find that this approach matches the accuracy of similar-cost equation-of-motion methods in valence excitations while offering improved accuracy for charge transfer states. We also find the approach to be more accurate than excited-state-specific perturbation theory in both types of states.
arXiv comment17 pages, 4 tables, 1 figure
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