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250 citations · 812 across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.chem-ph2026

High-performance parallel implementation of high-order coupled-cluster theories

Yu Jin, Christopher Hillenbrand, Timothy C. Berkelbach +1

High-order coupled-cluster theories with iterative triples (CCSDT), perturbative quadruples [CCSDT(Q)], and iterative quadruples (CCSDTQ) provide benchmark-quality correlation ener…

physics.chem-ph2026

Reaching the thermodynamic limit of periodic CCSD cohesive energies and band gaps

Shuhang Li, Huanchen Zhai, Francesco A. Evangelista +1

The high computational cost of periodic coupled-cluster theory has limited the density of Brillouin zone sampling, yielding finite-size errors that need to be removed by extrapolat…

physics.chem-ph2026★ 1 cited

Can phaseless auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo with broken symmetry trials describe iron-sulfur clusters?

Eirik F. Kjønstad, Huanchen Zhai, James Shee +2

Phaseless auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) has in several cases been found to perform well on strongly correlated systems. Here, we benchmark the method for three iron-s…

physics.chem-ph2026

Coupled-Cluster Imaginary-Time Evolution and the Coupled-Cluster Energy Variance

Yuhang Ai, Huanchen Zhai, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

We discuss a coupled-cluster formalism for carrying out imaginary-time evolution from an arbitrary reference, and study the properties of the resulting evolution trajectories. The…

physics.chem-ph2026

The Python Simulations of Chemistry Framework: 10 years of an open-source quantum chemistry project

Qiming Sun, Matthew R Hermes, Xiaojie Wu +100

Over the past decade, the Python-based Simulations of Chemistry Framework (PySCF) has developed into a widely used open-source platform for electronic structure theory and quantum…

physics.chem-ph2026★ 1 cited

Classical computational simulation of the FeMo-cofactor model to chemical accuracy and its implications

Huanchen Zhai, Chenghan Li, Xing Zhang +3

We use classical computational methods to estimate the ground-state energy to chemical accuracy in a model of the FeMo-cofactor of nitrogenase which is widely studied as a target o…

physics.chem-ph2025★ 1 cited

Quantum Many-Body Linear Algebra, Hamiltonian Moments, and a Coupled Cluster Inspired Framework

Yuhang Ai, Huanchen Zhai, Johannes Tölle +1

We propose a general strategy to develop quantum many-body approximations of primitives in linear algebra algorithms. As a practical example, we introduce a coupled-cluster inspire…

physics.chem-ph2025

Driven similarity renormalization group with a large active space: Applications to oligoacenes, zeaxanthin, and chromium dimer

Chenyang Li, Xiaoxue Wang, Huanchen Zhai +1

We present a new implementation of the driven similarity renormalization group (DSRG) based on a density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) reference. The explicit build of high-o…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 1 cited

Towards Excitations and Dynamical Quantities in Correlated Lattices with Density Matrix Embedding Theory

Shuoxue Li, Chenghan Li, Huanchen Zhai +1

Density matrix embedding theory (DMET) provides a framework to describe ground-state expectation values in strongly correlated systems, but its extension to dynamical quantities is…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 18 cited

Accurate Simulation of the Hubbard Model with Finite Fermionic Projected Entangled Pair States

Wen-Yuan Liu, Huanchen Zhai, Ruojing Peng +2

We demonstrate the use of finite-size fermionic projected entangled pair states, in conjunction with variational Monte Carlo, to perform accurate simulations of the ground-state of…

quant-ph2024★ 5 cited

Fermionic tensor network contraction for arbitrary geometries

Yang Gao, Huanchen Zhai, Johnnie Gray +5

We describe our implementation of fermionic tensor network contraction on arbitrary lattices within both a globally ordered and locally ordered formalism. We provide a pedagogical…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Benchmarking the Exponential Ansatz for the Holstein model

Junjie Yang, Zhi-Hao Cui, Ankit Mahajan +3

Polarons are quasiparticles formed as a result of lattice distortions induced by charge carriers. The single-electron Holstein model captures the fundamentals of single polaron phy…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 2 cited

Towards an exact electronic quantum many-body treatment of Kondo correlation in magnetic impurities

Tianyu Zhu, Linqing Peng, Huanchen Zhai +3

The Kondo effect is a prototypical quantum phenomenon arising from the interaction between localized electrons in a magnetic impurity and itinerant electrons in a metallic host. Al…

quant-ph2023

Fast emulation of fermionic circuits with matrix product states

Justin Provazza, Klaas Gunst, Huanchen Zhai +4

We describe a matrix product state (MPS) extension for the Fermionic Quantum Emulator (FQE) software library. We discuss the theory behind symmetry adapted matrix product states fo…

physics.chem-ph2023★ 116 cited

Block2: a comprehensive open source framework to develop and apply state-of-the-art DMRG algorithms in electronic structure and beyond

Huanchen Zhai, Henrik R. Larsson, Seunghoon Lee +10

Block2 is an open source framework to implement and perform density matrix renormalization group and matrix product state algorithms. Out-of-the-box it supports the eigenstate, tim…

cond-mat.supr-con2023★ 20 cited

Ab initio quantum many-body description of superconducting trends in the cuprates

Zhi-Hao Cui, Junjie Yang, Johannes Tölle +9

Using a systematic ab initio quantum many-body approach that goes beyond low-energy models, we directly compute the superconducting pairing order and estimate the pairing gap of se…

physics.chem-ph2023

An ab initio correction vector restricted active space approach to the L-edge XAS and 2p3d RIXS spectra of transition metal clusters

Seunghoon Lee, Huanchen Zhai, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

We describe an ab initio approach to simulate L-edge X-ray absorption (XAS) and 2p3d resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) spectroscopies. We model the strongly correlated ele…

physics.chem-ph2023★ 10 cited

Multireference protonation energetics of a dimeric model of nitrogenase iron-sulfur clusters

Huanchen Zhai, Seunghoon Lee, Zhi-Hao Cui +3

Characterizing the electronic structure of the iron--sulfur clusters in nitrogenase is necessary to understand their role in the nitrogen fixation process. One challenging task is…

quant-ph2023★ 19 cited

Hierarchical Clifford transformations to reduce entanglement in quantum chemistry wavefunctions

Ryan V. Mishmash, Tanvi P. Gujarati, Mario Motta +3

The performance of computational methods for many-body physics and chemistry is strongly dependent on the choice of basis used to cast the problem; hence, the search for better bas…

cond-mat.str-el2022★ 23 cited

Interacting models for twisted bilayer graphene: a quantum chemistry approach

Fabian M. Faulstich, Kevin D. Stubbs, Qinyi Zhu +7

The nature of correlated states in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) at the magic angle has received intense attention in recent years. We present a numerical study of an interacting…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 2 cited

Density Matrix Renormalization Group for Transcorrelated Hamiltonians: Ground and Excited States in \emph{ab initio} Systems

Ke Liao, Huanchen Zhai, Evelin Martine Christlmaier +4

We present the theory of a density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) algorithm which can solve for both the ground and excited states of non-Hermitian transcorrelated Hamiltonian…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 250 cited

Is there evidence for exponential quantum advantage in quantum chemistry?

Seunghoon Lee, Joonho Lee, Huanchen Zhai +15

The idea to use quantum mechanical devices to simulate other quantum systems is commonly ascribed to Feynman. Since the original suggestion, concrete proposals have appeared for si…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 18 cited

A comparison between the one- and two-step spin-orbit coupling approaches based on the ab initio Density Matrix Renormalization Group

Huanchen Zhai, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

The efficient and reliable treatment of both spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and electron correlation is essential for understanding f-element chemistry. We analyze two approaches to the…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 94 cited

The chromium dimer: closing a chapter of quantum chemistry

Henrik R. Larsson, Huanchen Zhai, C. J. Umrigar +1

The complex electronic structure and unusual potential energy curve of the chromium dimer have fascinated scientists for decades, with agreement between theory and experiment so fa…