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SYES: Symposium Frontiers of Electronic Structure Theory: Focus on Topology and Transport

SYES 4: Frontiers of Electronic Structure Theory: Focus on Topology and Transport II

SYES 4.1: Talk

Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 10:30–10:45, H24

Coupled-Cluster approach for both molecules and solids in the numeric atom-center orbital framework — •Tonghao Shen, Arvid Conrad Ihrig, Igor Ying Zhang, and Matthias Scheffler — Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Berlin.

For a quantitative prediction of material properties, an advanced description of electronic correlation is crucial. As the "gold standard" correlation method in quantum chemistry, the coupled-cluster (CC) ansatz with singles, doubles and perturbative triples (CCSD(T)) is starting to gain attention in materials science[1]. At present, the CCSD(T)-quality description of the correlation effects in solids can be achieved by either studying the cluster-size convergence toward the bulk in real space[1] or implementing CCSD(T) for extended systems in reciprocal space[2]. In order to investigate and compare these approaches on an equal footing, it is essential to have a computational platform that enables CCSD(T) simulations to be carried out using both cluster and periodic models in a single computational environment. In this report, we present a CCSD(T) implementation for both molecules and solids in the all-electron full-potential code FHI-aims[3] with numeric atom-center orbital(NAO) basis sets. A special memory-distribution strategy is designed to significantly reduce the inter-CPU communication, which is the main challenge for the parallelization of wave-function methods. The accuracy and efficiency are demonstrated for a group of molecules, 1D-, 2D- and 3D-periodic materials. [1] C. Müller, et al., PCCP. 14, 7605 (2012); [2] A. Grüneis, et al., JCTC 7, 2780 (2011); [3] V. Blum, et al., CPC 180, 2175-2196 (2009).