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@ -186,34 +186,10 @@ Although they have been extremely successful to speed up convergence of ground s
Instead of F12 methods, here we propose to follow a different philosophy and investigate the performances of the recently proposed universal density-based basis set
incompleteness correction. \cite{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18}
This density-based correction relies on short-range correlation density functionals (with multideterminant reference) from range-separated density-functional theory \cite{TouColSav-PRA-04, AngGerSavTou-PRA-05, GolWerSto-PCCP-05, TouGerJanSavAng-PRL-09,JanHenScu-JCP-09, TouZhuSavJanAng-JCP-11, MusReiAngTou-JCP-15, LeiStoWerSav-CPL-97, FroTouJen-JCP-07, FroCimJen-PRA-10, HedKneKieJenRei-JCP-15, HedTouJen-JCP-18, FerGinTou-JCP-18} (RS-DFT) to estimate the basis-set incompleteness error.
This choice is motivated by the much faster convergence of these methods with respect to the size of the basis set. \cite{FraMusLupTou-JCP-15}
Contrary to our recent study on atomization and correlation energies, \cite{LooPraSceTouGin-JPCL-19} the present contribution focuses on vertical and adiabatic excitation energies in molecular systems which is a much tougher test for the reasons mentioned above.
RS-DFT combines rigorously density-functional theory (DFT) and wave function theory (WFT) via a decomposition of the electron-electron interaction into a non-divergent long-range part and a (complementary) short-range part treated with WFT and DFT, respectively.
As the WFT method is relieved from describing the short-range part of the correlation hole around the electron-electron coalescence points, the convergence of these methods with respect to the size of the basis set is significantly improved. \cite{FraMusLupTou-JCP-15}
%Contemporary quantum chemistry has developed in two directions --- wave function theory (WFT) \cite{Pop-RMP-99} and density-functional theory (DFT). \cite{Koh-RMP-99}
%Although both spring from the same Schr\"odinger equation, each of these philosophies has its own \textit{pros} and \textit{cons}.
%
%WFT is attractive as it exists a well-defined path for systematic improvement as well as powerful tools, such as perturbation theory, to guide the development of new WFT \textit{ans\"atze}.
%The coupled cluster (CC) family of methods is a typical example of the WFT philosophy and is well regarded as the gold standard of quantum chemistry for weakly correlated systems.
%By increasing the excitation degree of the CC expansion, one can systematically converge, for a given basis set, to the exact, full configuration interaction (FCI) limit, although the computational cost associated with such improvement is usually high.
%One of the most fundamental drawbacks of conventional WFT methods is the slow convergence of energies and properties with respect to the size of the one-electron basis set.
%This undesirable feature was put into light by Kutzelnigg more than thirty years ago. \cite{Kut-TCA-85}
%To palliate this, following Hylleraas' footsteps, \cite{Hyl-ZP-29} Kutzelnigg proposed to introduce explicitly the interelectronic distance $r_{12} = \abs{\br{1} - \br{2}}$ to properly describe the electronic wave function around the coalescence of two electrons. \cite{Kut-TCA-85, KutKlo-JCP-91, NogKut-JCP-94}
%The resulting F12 methods yield a prominent improvement of the energy convergence, and achieve chemical accuracy for small organic molecules with relatively small Gaussian basis sets. \cite{Ten-TCA-12, TenNog-WIREs-12, HatKloKohTew-CR-12, KonBisVal-CR-12, GruHirOhnTen-JCP-17, MaWer-WIREs-18}
%For example, at the CCSD(T) level, one can obtain quintuple-$\zeta$ quality correlation energies with a triple-$\zeta$ basis, \cite{TewKloNeiHat-PCCP-07} although computational overheads are introduced by the large auxiliary basis used to resolve three- and four-electron integrals. \cite{BarLoo-JCP-17}
%To reduce further the computational cost and/or ease the transferability of the F12 correction, approximated and/or universal schemes have recently emerged. \cite{TorVal-JCP-09, KonVal-JCP-10, KonVal-JCP-11, BooCleAlaTew-JCP-2012, IrmHumGru-arXiv-2019, IrmGru-arXiv-2019}
%
%Present-day DFT calculations are almost exclusively done within the so-called Kohn-Sham (KS) formalism, which corresponds to an exact dressed one-electron theory. \cite{KohSha-PR-65}
%The attractiveness of DFT originates from its very favorable accuracy/cost ratio as it often provides reasonably accurate energies and properties at a relatively low computational cost.
%Thanks to this, KS-DFT \cite{HohKoh-PR-64, KohSha-PR-65} has become the workhorse of electronic structure calculations for atoms, molecules and solids. \cite{ParYan-BOOK-89}
%Although there is no clear way on how to systematically improve density-functional approximations, \cite{Bec-JCP-14} climbing Perdew's ladder of DFT is potentially the most satisfactory way forward. \cite{PerSch-AIPCP-01, PerRuzTaoStaScuCso-JCP-05}
%In the context of the present work, one of the interesting feature of density-based methods is their much faster convergence with respect to the size of the basis set. \cite{FraMusLupTou-JCP-15}
%
%Progress toward unifying WFT and DFT are on-going.
%In particular, range-separated DFT (RS-DFT) (see Ref.~\citenum{TouColSav-PRA-04} and references therein) rigorously combines these two approaches via a decomposition of the electron-electron (e-e) interaction into a non-divergent long-range part and a (complementary) short-range part treated with WFT and DFT, respectively.
%As the WFT method is relieved from describing the short-range part of the correlation hole around the e-e coalescence points, the convergence with respect to the one-electron basis set is greatly improved. \cite{FraMusLupTou-JCP-15}
%Therefore, a number of approximate RS-DFT schemes have been developed within single-reference \cite{AngGerSavTou-PRA-05, GolWerSto-PCCP-05, TouGerJanSavAng-PRL-09,JanHenScu-JCP-09, TouZhuSavJanAng-JCP-11, MusReiAngTou-JCP-15} or multi-reference \cite{LeiStoWerSav-CPL-97, FroTouJen-JCP-07, FroCimJen-PRA-10, HedKneKieJenRei-JCP-15, HedTouJen-JCP-18, FerGinTou-JCP-18} WFT approaches.
%Very recently, a major step forward has been taken by some of the present authors thanks to the development of a density-based basis-set correction for WFT methods. \cite{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18}
%The present work proposes an extension of this new methodological development alongside the first numerical tests on molecular systems.
Contrary to our recent study on atomization and correlation energies, \cite{LooPraSceTouGin-JPCL-19} the present contribution focuses on vertical and adiabatic excitation energies in molecular electronically-excited systems which is a much tougher test for the reasons mentioned above.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\section{Theory}
@ -221,7 +197,7 @@ Contrary to our recent study on atomization and correlation energies, \cite{LooP
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
The present basis set correction assumes that we have, in a given (finite) basis set $\Bas$, the ground-state and the $k$th excited-state energies, $\E{0}{\Bas}$ and $\E{k}{\Bas}$, their one-electron densities, $\n{k}{\Bas}$ and $\n{0}{\Bas}$, as well as their opposite-spin on-top pair densities, $\n{2,0}{\Bas}(\br{},\br{})$ and $\n{2,k}{\Bas}(\br{},\br{})$,
Therefore, the complete basis set (CBS) energy of the ground and excited states may be approximated as
Therefore, the complete basis set (CBS) energy of the ground and excited states may be approximated as \cite{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18}
\begin{align}
\label{eq:ECBS}
\E{0}{\CBS} & \approx \E{0}{\Bas} + \bE{}{\Bas}[\n{0}{\Bas}],
@ -259,129 +235,46 @@ is the excitation energy in $\Bas$ and
\DbE{}{\Bas}[\n{0}{\Bas},\n{k}{\Bas}] = \bE{}{\Bas}[\n{k}{\Bas}] - \bE{}{\Bas}[\n{0}{\Bas}]
\end{equation}
its basis set correction.
An important of the present correction is
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:limitfunc}
\lim_{\Bas \to \CBS} \DbE{}{\Bas}[\n{0}{\Bas},\n{k}{\Bas}] = 0.
\end{equation}
In other words, the correction vanishes in the CBS limit, hence guaranteeing an unaltered CBS limit.
%Let us assume that we have reasonable approximations of the FCI energy and density of a $\Ne$-electron system in an incomplete basis set $\Bas$, say the CCSD(T) energy $\E{\CCSDT}{\Bas}$ and the Hartree-Fock (HF) density $\n{\HF}{\Bas}$.
%According to Eq.~(15) of Ref.~\citenum{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18}, the exact ground-state energy $\E{}{}$ may be approximated as
%\begin{equation}
% \label{eq:e0basis}
% \titou{\E{}{}
% \approx \E{\CCSDT}{\Bas}
% + \bE{}{\Bas}[\n{\HF}{\Bas}],}
%\end{equation}
%where
%\begin{equation}
% \label{eq:E_funcbasis}
% \bE{}{\Bas}[\n{}{}]
% = \min_{\wf{}{} \to \n{}{}} \mel*{\wf{}{}}{\hT + \hWee{}}{\wf{}{}}
% - \min_{\wf{}{\Bas} \to \n{}{}} \mel*{\wf{}{\Bas}}{\hT + \hWee{}}{\wf{}{\Bas}}
%\end{equation}
%is the basis-dependent complementary density functional, $\hT$ is the kinetic operator and $\hWee{} = \sum_{i<j} r_{ij}^{-1}$ is the interelectronic repulsion operator.
%In Eq.~\eqref{eq:E_funcbasis}, $\wf{}{\Bas}$ and $\wf{}{}$ are two general $\Ne$-electron normalized wave functions belonging to the Hilbert space spanned by $\Bas$ and the complete basis set (CBS), respectively.
%Both wave functions yield the same target density $\n{}{}$ (assumed to be representable in $\Bas$).
%Importantly, in the CBS limit (which we refer to as $\Bas \to \CBS$), we have, for any density $\n{}{}$, $\lim_{\Bas \to \CBS} \bE{}{\Bas}[\n{}{}] = 0$.
%This implies that
%\begin{equation}
% \label{eq:limitfunc}
% \titou{\lim_{\Bas \to \CBS} \qty( \E{\CCSDT}{\Bas} + \bE{}{\Bas}[\n{\HF}{\Bas}] ) = \E{\CCSDT}{\CBS} \approx \E{}{},}
%\end{equation}
%where \titou{$\E{\CCSDT}{\CBS}$ is the $\CCSDT$ energy} in the CBS limit.
%Of course, the above holds true for any method that provides a good approximation to the energy and density, not just CCSD(T) and HF.
%In the case where \titou{$\CCSDT$ is replaced by $\FCI$} in Eq.~\eqref{eq:limitfunc}, we have a strict equality as $\E{\FCI}{\CBS} = \E{}{}$.
%Provided that the functional $\bE{}{\Bas}[\n{}{}]$ is known exactly, the only sources of error at this stage lie in the approximate nature of the $\CCSDT$ and $\HF$ methods, and the lack of self-consistency of the present scheme.
%
%The functional $\bE{}{\Bas}[\n{}{}]$ is obviously \textit{not} universal as it depends on $\Bas$.
%Moreover, as $\bE{}{\Bas}[\n{}{}]$ aims at fixing the incompleteness of $\Bas$, its main role is to correct
%for the lack of cusp (i.e.~discontinuous derivative) in $\wf{}{\Bas}$ at the e-e coalescence points, a universal condition of exact wave functions.
%Because the e-e cusp originates from the divergence of the Coulomb operator at $r_{12} = 0$, a cuspless wave function could equivalently originate from a Hamiltonian with a non-divergent two-electron interaction at coalescence.
%Therefore, as we shall do later on, it feels natural to approximate $\bE{}{\Bas}[\n{}{}]$ by a short-range density functional which is complementary to a non-divergent long-range interaction.
%Contrary to the conventional RS-DFT scheme which requires a range-separation \textit{parameter} $\rsmu{}{}$, here we use a range-separation \textit{function} $\rsmu{}{\Bas}(\br{})$ that automatically adapts to quantify the incompleteness of $\Bas$ in $\mathbb{R}^3$.
%
%The first step of the present basis-set correction consists in obtaining an effective two-electron interaction $\W{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})$ ``mimicking'' the Coulomb operator in an incomplete basis $\Bas$.
%In a second step, we shall link $\W{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})$ to $\rsmu{}{\Bas}(\br{})$.
%As a final step, we employ short-range density functionals \cite{TouGorSav-TCA-05} with $\rsmu{}{\Bas}(\br{})$ as range-separation function.
%
%We define the effective operator as \cite{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18}
%\begin{equation}
% \label{eq:def_weebasis}
% \W{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2}) =
% \begin{cases}
% \f{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})/\n{2}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2}), & \text{if $\n{2}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2}) \ne 0$,}
% \\
% \infty, & \text{otherwise,}
% \end{cases}
%\end{equation}
%where
%\begin{equation}
% \label{eq:n2basis}
% \n{2}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})
% = \sum_{pqrs \in \Bas} \SO{p}{1} \SO{q}{2} \Gam{pq}{rs} \SO{r}{1} \SO{s}{2},
%\end{equation}
%and $\Gam{pq}{rs} = 2 \mel*{\wf{}{\Bas}}{ \aic{r_\downarrow}\aic{s_\uparrow}\ai{p_\uparrow}\ai{q_\downarrow}}{\wf{}{\Bas}}$ are the opposite-spin pair density associated with $\wf{}{\Bas}$ and its corresponding tensor, respectively, $\SO{p}{}$ is a (real-valued) molecular orbital (MO),
%\begin{equation}
% \label{eq:fbasis}
% \f{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})
% = \sum_{pqrstu \in \Bas} \SO{p}{1} \SO{q}{2} \V{pq}{rs} \Gam{rs}{tu} \SO{t}{1} \SO{u}{2},
%\end{equation}
%and $\V{pq}{rs}=\langle pq | rs \rangle$ are the usual two-electron Coulomb integrals.
%With such a definition, $\W{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})$ satisfies (see Appendix A of Ref.~\citenum{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18})
%\begin{equation}
% \iint \frac{ \n{2}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})}{r_{12}} \dbr{1} \dbr{2} =
% \iint \W{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2}) \n{2}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2}) \dbr{1} \dbr{2},
%\end{equation}
%which intuitively motivates $\W{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})$ as a potential candidate for an effective interaction.
%Note that the divergence condition of $\W{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})$ in Eq.~\eqref{eq:def_weebasis} ensures that one-electron systems are free of correction as the present approach must only correct the basis-set incompleteness error originating from the e-e cusp.
%As already discussed in Ref.~\citenum{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18}, $\W{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})$ is symmetric, \textit{a priori} non translational, nor rotational invariant if $\Bas$ does not have such symmetries.
%Thanks to its definition one can show that (see Appendix B of Ref.~\citenum{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18})
%\begin{equation}
% \label{eq:lim_W}
% \lim_{\Bas \to \CBS}\W{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2}) = \frac{1}{r_{12}},
%\end{equation}
%for any $(\br{1},\br{2})$ such that $\n{2}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2}) \ne 0$.
%A key quantity is the value of the effective interaction at coalescence of opposite-spin electrons, $\W{}{\Bas}(\br{},{\br{}})$,
%which is necessarily \textit{finite} for an incomplete basis set as long as the on-top pair density $\n{2}{\Bas}(\br{},\br{})$ is non vanishing.
%Because $\W{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})$ is a non-divergent two-electron interaction, it can be naturally linked to RS-DFT which employs a non-divergent long-range interaction operator.
%Although this choice is not unique, we choose here the range-separation function
%\begin{equation}
% \label{eq:mu_of_r}
% \rsmu{}{\Bas}(\br{}) = \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2} \W{}{\Bas}(\br{},\br{}),
%\end{equation}
%such that the long-range interaction of RS-DFT, $\w{}{\lr,\mu}(r_{12}) = \erf( \mu r_{12})/r_{12}$, coincides with the effective interaction at coalescence, i.e.~$\w{}{\lr,\rsmu{}{\Bas}(\br{})}(0) = \W{}{\Bas}(\br{},\br{})$ at any $\br{}$.
%Once $\rsmu{}{\Bas}(\br{})$ is defined, it can be used within RS-DFT functionals to approximate $\bE{}{\Bas}[\n{}{}]$.
%As in Ref.~\citenum{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18}, we consider here a specific class of short-range correlation functionals known as correlation energy with multi-determinantal reference (ECMD) whose general definition reads \cite{TouGorSav-TCA-05}
%\begin{equation}
% \label{eq:ec_md_mu}
% \bE{\text{c,md}}{\sr}[\n{}{},\rsmu{}{}]
% = \min_{\wf{}{} \to \n{}{}} \mel*{\Psi}{\hT + \hWee{}}{\wf{}{}}
% - \mel*{\wf{}{\rsmu{}{}}[n]}{\hT + \hWee{}}{\wf{}{\rsmu{}{}}[n]},
%\end{equation}
%where $\wf{}{\rsmu{}{}}[n]$ is defined by the constrained minimization
%\begin{equation}
%\label{eq:argmin}
% \wf{}{\rsmu{}{}}[n] = \arg \min_{\wf{}{} \to \n{}{}} \mel*{\wf{}{}}{\hT + \hWee{\lr,\rsmu{}{}}}{\wf{}{}},
%\end{equation}
%with $\hWee{\lr,\rsmu{}{}} = \sum_{i<j} \w{}{\lr,\rsmu{}{}}(r_{ij})$.
%The ECMD functionals admit, for any $\n{}{}$, the following two limits
%\begin{align}
% \label{eq:large_mu_ecmd}
% \lim_{\mu \to \infty} \bE{\text{c,md}}{\sr}[\n{}{},\rsmu{}{}] & = 0,
% &
% \lim_{\mu \to 0} \bE{\text{c,md}}{\sr}[\n{}{},\rsmu{}{}] & = \Ec[\n{}{}],
%\end{align}
%where $\Ec[\n{}{}]$ is the usual universal correlation density functional defined in KS-DFT.
%The choice of ECMD in the present scheme is motivated by the analogy between the definition of $\bE{}{\Bas}[\n{}{}]$ [Eq.~\eqref{eq:E_funcbasis}] and the ECMD functional [Eq.~\eqref{eq:ec_md_mu}].
%Indeed, the two functionals coincide if $\wf{}{\Bas} = \wf{}{\rsmu{}{}}$.
%Therefore, we approximate $\bE{}{\Bas}[\n{}{}]$ by ECMD functionals evaluated with the range-separation function $\rsmu{}{\Bas}(\br{})$.
%To conclude this section, we point out that, thanks to the definitions \eqref{eq:def_weebasis} and \eqref{eq:mu_of_r} as well as the properties \eqref{eq:lim_W} and \eqref{eq:large_mu_ecmd}, independently of the DFT functional, the present basis-set correction
%i) can be applied to any WFT method that provides an energy and a density,
%ii) does not correct one-electron systems, and
%iii) vanishes in the CBS limit, hence guaranteeing an unaltered CBS limit for a given WFT method.
In Ref.~\onlinecite{LooPraSceTouGin-JPCL-19}, we have shown that one can efficiently approximate $\bE{}{\Bas}[\n{}{}]$ by short-range correlation functionals with multi-determinantal (ECMD) reference, \cite{TouGorSav-TCA-05} $\bE{\text{c,md}}{\sr}[\n{}{},\rsmu{}{}]$.
The ECMD functionals admit, for any $\n{}{}$, the following two limits
\begin{align}
\label{eq:large_mu_ecmd}
\lim_{\mu \to \infty} \bE{\text{c,md}}{\sr}[\n{}{},\rsmu{}{}] & = 0,
&
\lim_{\mu \to 0} \bE{\text{c,md}}{\sr}[\n{}{},\rsmu{}{}] & = \Ec[\n{}{}],
\end{align}
where $\Ec[\n{}{}]$ is the usual universal correlation density functional defined in KS-DFT.
The key ingredient --- the range-separated function $\rsmu{}{\Bas}(\br{})$ --- is defined such that the long-range interaction of RS-DFT, $\w{}{\lr,\mu}(r_{12}) = \erf( \mu r_{12})/r_{12}$, coincides with the effective interaction at coalescence, i.e.~$\w{}{\lr,\rsmu{}{\Bas}(\br{})}(0) = \W{}{\Bas}(\br{},\br{})$ at any $\br{}$, with \cite{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18}
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:def_weebasis}
\W{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2}) =
\begin{cases}
\f{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})/\n{2}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2}), & \text{if $\n{2}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2}) \ne 0$,}
\\
\infty, & \text{otherwise,}
\end{cases}
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:n2basis}
\n{2}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})
= \sum_{pqrs \in \Bas} \SO{p}{1} \SO{q}{2} \Gam{pq}{rs} \SO{r}{1} \SO{s}{2},
\end{equation}
and $\Gam{pq}{rs} = 2 \mel*{\wf{}{\Bas}}{ \aic{r_\downarrow}\aic{s_\uparrow}\ai{q_\uparrow}\ai{p_\downarrow}}{\wf{}{\Bas}}$ are the opposite-spin pair density associated with $\wf{}{\Bas}$ and its corresponding tensor, respectively, $\SO{p}{}$ is a (real-valued) molecular orbital (MO),
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:fbasis}
\f{}{\Bas}(\br{1},\br{2})
= \sum_{pqrstu \in \Bas} \SO{p}{1} \SO{q}{2} \V{pq}{rs} \Gam{rs}{tu} \SO{t}{1} \SO{u}{2},
\end{equation}
and $\V{pq}{rs}=\langle pq | rs \rangle$ are the usual two-electron Coulomb integrals.
We refer the interested readers to Refs.~\onlinecite{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18,LooPraSceTouGin-JPCL-19} for additional details.
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\subsection{Short-range correlation functionals}
@ -409,7 +302,7 @@ $\be{\text{c,md}}{\sr,\PBE}\qty(\n{}{},s,\zeta,\rsmu{}{})$ interpolates between
\be{\text{c,md}}{\sr,\PBE}(\n{}{},s,\zeta,\rsmu{}{}) = \frac{\e{\text{c}}{\PBE}(\n{}{},s,\zeta)}{1 + \beta(\n{}{},s,\zeta) \rsmu{}{3} },
\\
\label{eq:beta_cmdpbe}
\beta(\n{}{},s,\zeta) = \frac{3}{2\sqrt{\pi} (1 - \sqrt{2} )} \frac{\e{\text{c}}{\PBE}(\n{}{},s,\zeta)}{\n{2}{\Bas}(\br{},\br{})}.
\beta(\n{}{},s,\zeta) = \frac{3}{2\sqrt{\pi} (1 - \sqrt{2} )} \frac{\e{\text{c}}{\PBE}(\n{}{},s,\zeta)}{\n{2}{}(\br{},\br{})/\n{}{}}.
\end{gather}
\end{subequations}
We will refer to this functional as the ``on top'' PBE (PBEot) ECMD functional.