Beyond quasi-particle self-consistent $GW$ for molecules with vertex corrections

Abstract

We introduce the ${\Sigma }^{\text{BSE}}@L^{\text{BSE}}$ self-energy in the quasi-particle self-consistent $GW$ (qs$GW$) framework (qs${\Sigma }^{\text{BSE}}@L^{\text{BSE}}$). Here, $L$ is the two-particle response function which we calculate by solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation with the static, first-order $GW$ kernel. The same kernel is added to $\Sigma$ directly. For a set of medium organic molecules, we show that including the vertex both in $L$ and $\Sigma$ is crucial. This approach retains the good performance of qs$GW$ for predicting first ionization potentials and fundamental gaps, while it greatly improves the description of electron affinities. Its good performance places qs${\Sigma }^{\text{BSE}}@L^{\text{BSE}}$ among the best-performing electron propagator methods for charged excitations. Adding the vertex in $L$ only, as commonly done in the solid state community, leads to devastating results for electron affinities and fundamental gaps. We also test the performance of BSE@qs$GW$ and qs${\Sigma }^{\text{BSE}}@L^{\text{BSE}}$ for neutral charge-transfer excitation and find both methods to perform similar. We conclude that ${\Sigma }^{\text{BSE}}@L^{\text{BSE}}$ is a promising approximation to the electronic self-energy beyond $GW$. We hope that future research on dynamical vertex effects, second-order vertex corrections, and full self-consistency will improve the accuracy of this method, both for charged and neutral excitation energies.

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