Cover Letter

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+
+\begin{document}
+
+\begin{letter}%
+{To the Editors of the The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters}
+
+\opening{Dear Editors,}
+
+\justifying
+Please find enclosed our manuscript entitled \textit{``Hierarchy Configuration Interaction: Combining Seniority Number and Excitation Degree''}, 
+which we would like you to consider as a Letter to the \textit{Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters}.
+This contribution nicely fits in the \textit{``Physical Insights into Quantum Phenomena and Function''} subject category.
+This contribution has never been submitted in total nor in parts to any other journal, and has been seen and approved by all authors.
+
+Several quantum chemistry methodologies, including single- and multi-reference configuration interaction (CI) and coupled cluster, 
+rely on an educated truncation of the full Hilbert space, while trying to keep most of its relevant physics.
+From the birth of quantum chemistry and for many decades, most methods have been developed under an \textit{excitation}-based framework,
+which are usually successful in weak-correlation regimes, and, importantly, present favourable (polynomial) computational scaling.
+Over the past ten years, there has been a growing interest in \textit{seniority}-based methods,
+which are more suitable for strong-correlation regimes, even though they display a much steeper (exponential) computational scaling.
+
+Aiming at recovering the best of both worlds, here we present a novel partitioning of the Hilbert space, \textit{hierarchy} configuration interaction (hCI).
+By benchmarking hCI against its excitation- and seniority-based parents and numerically exact results, for a series of challenging molecular systems,
+and for several relevant properties, we demonstrate its overall superior convergence.
+hCI inherits both the quick recovery of weak correlation and the favourable computational cost from excitation-based CI,
+as well as a better account of strong correlation from seniority-based CI.
+
+Based on the robust performance and appealing features of hCI, we expect our proposed strategy will both inspire further developments within the electronic structure community
+and foment exploratory applications to chemically relevant systems.
+Because of its novelty and impact, we expect the present study to be of interest to a wide audience within the chemistry and physics communities.
+We suggest A, B, C as potential referees.
+
+We look forward to hearing from you soon.
+
+\closing{Sincerely,}
+
+
+\end{letter}
+\end{document}

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