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%=================================================================%
One-body Green's functions provide a natural and elegant way to access the charged excitation energies of a physical system. \cite{CsanakBook,FetterBook,Martin_2016,Golze_2019}
The non-linear Hedin's equations consist of a closed set of equations leading to the exact interacting one-body Green's function and, therefore, the total energy, density, ionization potentials, electron affinities, as well as spectral functions, without the explicit knowledge of the wave functions associated with the neutral and charged states of the system. \cite{Hedin_1965}
The non-linear Hedin equations consist of a closed set of equations leading to the exact interacting one-body Green's function and, therefore, the total energy, density, ionization potentials, electron affinities, as well as spectral functions, without the explicit knowledge of the wave functions associated with the neutral and charged states of the system. \cite{Hedin_1965}
Unfortunately, solving exactly Hedin's equations is usually out of reach and one must resort to approximations.
In particular, the $GW$ approximation, \cite{Hedin_1965,Aryasetiawan_1998,Onida_2002,Reining_2017,Golze_2019,Bruneval_2021} which has been first introduced in the context of solids \cite{Strinati_1980,Strinati_1982a,Strinati_1982b,Hybertsen_1985,Hybertsen_1986,Godby_1986,Godby_1987,Godby_1987a,Godby_1988,Blase_1995} and is now widely applied to molecular systems, \cite{Rohlfing_1999a,Horst_1999,Puschnig_2002,Tiago_2003,Rocca_2010,Boulanger_2014,Jacquemin_2015a,Bruneval_2015,Jacquemin_2015b,Hirose_2015,Jacquemin_2017a,Jacquemin_2017b,Rangel_2017,Krause_2017,Gui_2018,Blase_2018,Liu_2020,Li_2017,Li_2019,Li_2020,Li_2021,Blase_2020,Holzer_2018a,Holzer_2018b,Loos_2020e,Loos_2021,McKeon_2022} yields accurate charged excitation energies for weakly correlated systems \cite{Hung_2017,vanSetten_2015,vanSetten_2018,Caruso_2016,Korbel_2014,Bruneval_2021} at a relatively low computational cost. \cite{Foerster_2011,Liu_2016,Wilhelm_2018,Forster_2021,Duchemin_2019,Duchemin_2020,Duchemin_2021}
@ -103,26 +103,26 @@ Approximating $\Sigma$ as the first-order term of its perturbative expansion wit
\label{eq:gw_selfenergy}
\Sigma^{\GW}(1,2) = \ii G(1,2) W(1,2).
\end{equation}
Diagrammatically, $GW$ corresponds to a resummation of the direct ring diagrams and is thus particularly well suited for weak correlation.
Diagrammatically, $GW$ corresponds to a resummation of the (time-dependent) direct ring diagrams via the computation of the random-phase approximation (RPA) polarizability \cite{Ren_2012,Chen_2017} and is thus particularly well suited for weak correlation.
Alternatively, one can choose to define $\Sigma$ as the $n$th-order expansion in terms of the bare Coulomb interaction $v$ leading to the GF($n$) class of approximations. \cite{SzaboBook,Ortiz_2013,Hirata_2015,Hirata_2017}
The GF(2) approximation \cite{Casida_1989,Casida_1991,Phillips_2014,Phillips_2015,Rusakov_2014,Rusakov_2016,Backhouse_2021,Backhouse_2020b,Backhouse_2020a,Pokhilko_2021a,Pokhilko_2021b,Pokhilko_2022} is also known as the second Born approximation in condensed matter physics. \cite{Stefanucci_2013}
Despite a wide range of successes, many-body perturbation theory is not flawless. \cite{Kozik_2014,Stan_2015,Rossi_2015,Tarantino_2017,Schaefer_2013,Schaefer_2016,Gunnarsson_2017,vanSetten_2015,Maggio_2017,Duchemin_2020}
\ant{ For example, modelling core electron spectroscopy requires core ionisation energies which have been proved to be challenging for routine $GW$ calculations. \cite{Golze_2018}
Many-body perturbation theory can also be used to access optical excitation energies through the Bethe-Salpeter. However, the accuracy is not yet satisfying for triplet excited states. \cite{Bruneval_2015,Jacquemin_2017a,Jacquemin_2017b}
Therefore, even if $GW$ offers a good trade-off between accuracy and computational cost, some situations might require more accuracy.
Unfortunately, defining a systematic way to go beyond $GW$, the so-called vertex corrections, is a tricky task.
Lewis and Berkelbach have shown that naive vertex corrections can even worsen the results with respect to the initial $GW$ results. \cite{Lewis_2019}
We refer the reader to the recent review by Golze and co-workers for an extensive list of current challenges in many-body perturbation theory (see Ref.~\onlinecite{Golze_2019}) and we will now focus on another flaw throughout this manuscript.}
Despite a wide range of successes, many-body perturbation theory has well-documented limitations. \cite{Kozik_2014,Stan_2015,Rossi_2015,Tarantino_2017,Schaefer_2013,Schaefer_2016,Gunnarsson_2017,vanSetten_2015,Maggio_2017a,Duchemin_2020}
For example, modeling core electron spectroscopy requires core ionization energies which have been proven to be challenging for routine $GW$ calculations. \cite{Golze_2018,Golze_2020,Li_2022}
Many-body perturbation theory can also be used to access optical excitation energies through the Bethe-Salpeter equation. \cite{Salpeter_1951,Strinati_1988,Blase_2018,Blase_2020} However, the accuracy is not yet satisfying for triplet excited states, where instabilities often occur. \cite{Bruneval_2015,Jacquemin_2017a,Jacquemin_2017b,Holzer_2018a}
Therefore, even if $GW$ offers a good trade-off between accuracy and computational cost, some situations might require higher precision.
Unfortunately, defining a systematic way to go beyond $GW$ via the inclusion of vertex corrections has been demonstrated to be a tricky task. \cite{Baym_1961,Baym_1962,DeDominicis_1964a,DeDominicis_1964b,Bickers_1989a,Bickers_1989b,Bickers_1991,Hedin_1999,Bickers_2004,Shirley_1996,DelSol_1994,Schindlmayr_1998,Morris_2007,Shishkin_2007b,Romaniello_2009a,Romaniello_2012,Gruneis_2014,Hung_2017,Maggio_2017b,Mejuto-Zaera_2022}
For example, Lewis and Berkelbach have recently shown that naive vertex corrections can even worsen the quasiparticle energies with respect to $GW$. \cite{Lewis_2019}
We refer the reader to the recent review by Golze and co-workers (see Ref.~\onlinecite{Golze_2019}) for an extensive list of current challenges in many-body perturbation theory.
From hereon, we will focus on another flaw.
It has been shown that a variety of physical quantities such as charged and neutral excitations energies or correlation and total energies computed within many-body perturbation theory exhibit some discontinuities. \cite{Veril_2018,Loos_2018b,Loos_2020e,Berger_2021,DiSabatino_2021}
Even more worrying these discontinuities can happen in the weakly correlated regime where $GW$ is supposed to be valid.
These discontinuities are due to a transfer of spectral weight between two solutions of the quasi-particle equation. \cite{Monino_2022}
This is another occurrence of the infamous intruder-state problem. \cite{Andersson_1994,Andersson_1995a,Roos_1995,Forsberg_1997,Olsen_2000,Choe_2001}
In addition, systems \ant{whose quasi-particle equation admits two solutions with} a similar spectral weight are known to be particularly difficult to converge for partially self-consistent $GW$ schemes. \cite{Forster_2021}
It has been shown that a variety of physical quantities, such as charged and neutral excitations energies or correlation and total energies, computed within many-body perturbation theory exhibit unphysical discontinuities. \cite{Loos_2018b,Veril_2018,Loos_2020e,Berger_2021,DiSabatino_2021}
Even more worrying, these discontinuities can happen in the weakly correlated regime where the $GW$ approximation is supposed to be valid.
These discontinuities have been traced back to a transfer of spectral weight between two solutions of the quasi-particle equation, \cite{Monino_2022} and is another occurrence of the infamous intruder-state problem.\cite{Andersson_1994,Andersson_1995a,Roos_1995,Forsberg_1997,Olsen_2000,Choe_2001}
In addition, systems where the quasiparticle equation admits two solutions with similar spectral weights are known to be particularly difficult to converge for partially self-consistent $GW$ schemes. \cite{Forster_2021}
In a recent study, Monino and Loos showed that these discontinuities could be removed by the introduction of a regulariser inspired by the similarity renormalisation group (SRG) in the quasi-particle equation. \cite{Monino_2022}
In a recent study, Monino and Loos showed that these discontinuities could be removed by the introduction of a regulariser inspired by the similarity renormalization group (SRG) in the quasi-particle equation. \cite{Monino_2022}
Encouraged by the recent successes of regularisation schemes in many-body quantum chemistry methods, as in single- and multi-reference perturbation theory, \cite{Lee_2018a,Shee_2021,Evangelista_2014b,ChenyangLi_2019a,Battaglia_2022} this work will investigate the application of the SRG formalism to many-body perturbation theory in its $GW$ and GF(2) variants.
The SRG has been developed independently by Wegner \cite{Wegner_1994} and Glazek and Wilson \cite{Glazek_1993,Glazek_1994} in the context of condensed matter systems and light-front quantum field theories, respectively.
This formalism has been introduced in quantum chemistry by White \cite{White_2002} before being explored in more detail by Evangelista and his co-workers in the context of multi-reference electron correlation theories. \cite{Evangelista_2014b,ChenyangLi_2015, ChenyangLi_2016,ChenyangLi_2017,ChenyangLi_2018,ChenyangLi_2019a}
@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ One obvious flaw of the one-shot scheme mentioned above is its starting point de
Indeed, in Eq.~\eqref{eq:G0W0} we chose to use the HF orbital energies but this is arbitrary and one could have chosen Kohn-Sham orbitals for example.
Therefore, one can \titou{optimize} the starting point to obtain the best one-shot energies possible, which is commonly done. \cite{Korzdorfer_2012,Marom_2012,Bruneval_2013,Gallandi_2015,Caruso_2016, Gallandi_2016}
\PFL{Maybe it is worth mentioning here that is is a fairly heuristic approach that is obviously system dependent?}
Alternatively, one could solve this set of quasi-particle equations self-consistently leading to the eigenvalue-only self-consistent scheme (ev$GW$). \cite{Shishkin_2007,Blase_2011b,Marom_2012,Kaplan_2016,Wilhelm_2016}
Alternatively, one could solve this set of quasi-particle equations self-consistently leading to the eigenvalue-only self-consistent scheme (ev$GW$). \cite{Shishkin_2007a,Blase_2011b,Marom_2012,Kaplan_2016,Wilhelm_2016}
The solutions $\epsilon_p$ are used to build Eq.~\eqref{eq:G0W0} instead of the HF ones and then these equation are solved for $\omega$ again.
This procedure is iterated until convergence for $\epsilon_p$ is reached.
\PFL{This is not quite right. It is probably going to be easier to explain when you're going to introduce the explicit expressions of these quantities.}