\documentclass[aip,jcp,reprint,noshowkeys]{revtex4-1} \usepackage{graphicx,dcolumn,bm,xcolor,microtype,multirow,amscd,amsmath,amssymb,amsfonts,physics,mhchem,longtable,xspace} \usepackage{mathpazo,libertine} \usepackage{natbib} \bibliographystyle{achemso} \AtBeginDocument{\nocite{achemso-control}} \newcommand{\alert}[1]{\textcolor{red}{#1}} \definecolor{darkgreen}{HTML}{009900} \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} \newcommand{\titou}[1]{\textcolor{red}{#1}} \newcommand{\juju}[1]{\textcolor{purple}{#1}} \newcommand{\manu}[1]{\textcolor{darkgreen}{#1}} \newcommand{\trashPFL}[1]{\textcolor{red}{\sout{#1}}} \newcommand{\trashJT}[1]{\textcolor{purple}{\sout{#1}}} \newcommand{\trashMG}[1]{\textcolor{darkgreen}{\sout{#1}}} \newcommand{\MG}[1]{\manu{(\underline{\bf MG}: #1)}} \newcommand{\JT}[1]{\juju{(\underline{\bf JT}: #1)}} \newcommand{\PFL}[1]{\titou{(\underline{\bf PFL}: #1)}} \usepackage{hyperref} \hypersetup{ colorlinks=true, linkcolor=blue, filecolor=blue, urlcolor=blue, citecolor=blue } \newcommand{\mc}{\multicolumn} \newcommand{\fnm}{\footnotemark} \newcommand{\fnt}{\footnotetext} \newcommand{\tabc}[1]{\multicolumn{1}{c}{#1}} \newcommand{\SI}{\textcolor{blue}{supporting information}} \newcommand{\QP}{\textsc{quantum package}} % second quantized operators \newcommand{\ai}[1]{\hat{a}_{#1}} \newcommand{\aic}[1]{\hat{a}^{\dagger}_{#1}} % units \newcommand{\IneV}[1]{#1 eV} \newcommand{\InAU}[1]{#1 a.u.} \newcommand{\InAA}[1]{#1 \AA} \newcommand{\kcal}{kcal/mol} % methods \newcommand{\D}{\text{D}} \newcommand{\T}{\text{T}} \newcommand{\Q}{\text{Q}} \newcommand{\X}{\text{X}} \newcommand{\UEG}{\text{UEG}} \newcommand{\HF}{\text{HF}} \newcommand{\LDA}{\text{LDA}} \newcommand{\PBE}{\text{PBE}} \newcommand{\FCI}{\text{FCI}} \newcommand{\CBS}{\text{CBS}} \newcommand{\exFCI}{\text{exFCI}} \newcommand{\CCSDT}{\text{CCSD(T)}} \newcommand{\lr}{\text{lr}} \newcommand{\sr}{\text{sr}} \newcommand{\Ne}{N} \newcommand{\Nb}{N_{\Bas}} \newcommand{\Ng}{N_\text{grid}} \newcommand{\nocca}{n_{\text{occ}^{\alpha}}} \newcommand{\noccb}{n_{\text{occ}^{\beta}}} \newcommand{\n}[2]{n_{#1}^{#2}} \newcommand{\Ec}{E_\text{c}} \newcommand{\E}[2]{E_{#1}^{#2}} \newcommand{\bE}[2]{\Bar{E}_{#1}^{#2}} \newcommand{\bEc}[1]{\Bar{E}_\text{c}^{#1}} \newcommand{\e}[2]{\varepsilon_{#1}^{#2}} \newcommand{\be}[2]{\Bar{\varepsilon}_{#1}^{#2}} \newcommand{\bec}[1]{\Bar{e}^{#1}} \newcommand{\wf}[2]{\Psi_{#1}^{#2}} \newcommand{\W}[2]{W_{#1}^{#2}} \newcommand{\w}[2]{w_{#1}^{#2}} \newcommand{\hn}[2]{\Hat{n}_{#1}^{#2}} \newcommand{\rsmu}[2]{\mu_{#1}^{#2}} \newcommand{\V}[2]{V_{#1}^{#2}} \newcommand{\SO}[2]{\phi_{#1}(\br{#2})} \newcommand{\modX}{\mathcal{X}} \newcommand{\modY}{\mathcal{Y}} % basis sets \newcommand{\Bas}{\mathcal{B}} \newcommand{\Basval}{\mathcal{B}_\text{val}} \newcommand{\Val}{\mathcal{V}} \newcommand{\Cor}{\mathcal{C}} % operators \newcommand{\hT}{\Hat{T}} \newcommand{\hWee}[1]{\Hat{W}_\text{ee}^{#1}} \newcommand{\f}[2]{f_{#1}^{#2}} \newcommand{\Gam}[2]{\Gamma_{#1}^{#2}} % coordinates \newcommand{\br}[1]{\mathbf{r}_{#1}} %\newcommand{\br}[1]{\mathbf{x}_{#1}} \newcommand{\dbr}[1]{d\br{#1}} %\newcommand{\dbr}[1]{d\br{#1}} \newcommand{\ra}{\rightarrow} \newcommand{\De}{D_\text{e}} \newcommand{\LCPQ}{Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques (UMR 5626), Universit\'e de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, France} \newcommand{\LCT}{Laboratoire de Chimie Th\'eorique, Sorbonne Universit\'e, CNRS, Paris, France} \newcommand{\ISCD}{Institut des Sciences du Calcul et des Donn\'ees, Sorbonne Universit\'e, Paris, France} \begin{document} \title{A Density-Based Basis-Set Correction For Wave-Function Theory} \author{Bath\'elemy Pradines} \affiliation{\LCT} \affiliation{\ISCD} \author{Anthony Scemama} \affiliation{\LCPQ} \author{Julien Toulouse} \email{toulouse@lct.jussieu.fr} \affiliation{\LCT} \author{Pierre-Fran\c{c}ois Loos} \email{loos@irsamc.ups-tlse.fr} \affiliation{\LCPQ} \author{Emmanuel Giner} \email{emmanuel.giner@lct.jussieu.fr} \affiliation{\LCT} \begin{abstract} We report a universal density-based basis-set incompleteness correction that can be applied to any wave-function method while keeping the correct limit when reaching the complete basis set (CBS). The present correction relies on a short-range correlation density functional (with multi-determinant reference) from range-separated density-functional theory (RS-DFT) to estimate the basis-set incompleteness error. Contrary to conventional RS-DFT schemes which require an \textit{ad hoc} range-separation \textit{parameter} $\mu$, the key ingredient here is a range-separation \textit{function} $\mu(\bf{r})$ which automatically adapts to the basis-set used in a wave-function calculation and accounts for the non-homogeneity of the incompleteness error in real space. As illustrative examples, we show how this density-based correction allows us to obtain CCSD(T) atomization energies near the CBS limit for the G2-1 set of molecules with compact Gaussian basis sets. For example, while the CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ model shows a mean deviation of 7.79 kcal/mol compared to CCSD(T)/CBS atomization energies, our basis-set corrected CCSD(T)+LDA and CCSD(T)+PBE methods performed in the same basis return 2.89 and 2.46 kcal/mol, respectively, while these values drop below 1 {\kcal} with the cc-pVQZ basis set. \end{abstract} \maketitle %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Introduction} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 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 advantages and shortcomings. WFT is attractive as it exists a well-defined path for systematic improvement and powerful tools, such as perturbation theory, to guide the development of new attractive WFT models. The coupled-cluster (CC) family of methods are a typical example of the WFT philosophy for the description of weakly correlated systems and is well regarded as the gold standard of quantum chemistry. 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 pricey. One of the most fundamental drawback 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, in Hylleraas' footsteps, \cite{Hyl-ZP-29} Kutzelnigg proposed to introduce explicitly the interelectronic distance $r_{12} = \abs{\br{1} - \br{2}}$ as a basis function. \cite{Kut-TCA-85, KutKlo-JCP-91, NogKut-JCP-94} The resulting F12 methods yields 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} For example, at the CCSD(T) level, it is advertised that 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. Except for these computational considerations, a possible drawback of F12 theory is its quite complicated formulation which requires a deep knowledge in this field in order to adapt F12 theory to a new WFT model. Approximated schemes\cite{TorVal-JCP-09, KonVal-JCP-10, KonVal-JCP-11, BooCleAlaTew-JCP-2012, IrmHumGru-arXiv-2019, IrmGru-arXiv-2019} have emerged in order to reduce the computational cost and simplify the transferability of F12 theory. Regarding present-day DFT calculations, these 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} DFT's attractivity originates from its very favorable cost/efficient ratio as it can provide 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} To obtain accurate results within DFT, one only requires an exchange and correlation functionals, which can be classified in various families depending on their physical input quantities. \cite{Bec-JCP-14} Although there is no clear way on how to systematically improve density-functional approximations (DFAs), climbing the Jacob's ladder of DFT is potentially the most satisfactory way forward (or upward in that case). \cite{PerSch-AIPCP-01, PerRuzTaoStaScuCso-JCP-05} %The local-density approximation (LDA) sits on the first rung of the Jacob's ladder and only uses as input the electron density $n$. \cite{Dir-PCPRS-30, VosWilNus-CJP-80} %The generalized-gradient approximation (GGA) corresponds to the second rung and adds the gradient of the electron density $\nabla n$ as an extra ingredient.\cite{Bec-PRA-88, PerWan-PRA-91, PerBurErn-PRL-96} In the present context, 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 these two approaches are on-going thanks to a more general formulation of DFT, the so-called range-separated DFT (RS-DFT) (see Ref.~\onlinecite{TouColSav-PRA-04} and references therein) which rigorously combines WFT and DFT. In such a formalism the electron-electron interaction is split into a non divergent long-range part which is treated using WFT and a complementary short-range part treated with DFT. As the wave-function part only deals with a non-diverging electron-electron interaction, it is free from the problematic electron cusp condition and the convergence with respect to the one-particle basis set is greatly improved\cite{FraMusLupTou-JCP-15}. Therefore, a number of approximate RS-DFT schemes have been developed using either single-reference WFT approaches (such as M{\o}ller-Plesset perturbation theory\cite{AngGerSavTou-PRA-05}, coupled cluster\cite{GolWerSto-PCCP-05}, random-phase approximations\cite{TouGerJanSavAng-PRL-09,JanHenScu-JCP-09}) or multi-reference WFT approaches (such as multi-reference CI\cite{LeiStoWerSav-CPL-97}, multiconfiguration self-consistent field\cite{FroTouJen-JCP-07}, multi-reference perturbation theory\cite{FroCimJen-PRA-10}, density-matrix renormalization group\cite{HedKneKieJenRei-JCP-15}, selected CI\cite{FerGinTou-JCP-18}). The present work proposes the extension of a recently proposed basis set correction scheme based on RS-DFT\cite{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18} together with the first numerical tests on molecular systems. %The present manuscript is organized as follows. Unless otherwise stated, atomic used are used. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Theory} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The present basis set correction relies on the RS-DFT formalism to capture the missing part of the short-range correlation effects, a consequence of the incompleteness of the one-electron basis set. Here, we only provide the main working equations. We refer the interested reader to Ref.~\onlinecite{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18} for a more formal derivation. %================================================================= %\subsection{Correcting the basis set error of a general WFT model} %================================================================= Let us assume we have both the energy $\E{\modX}{\Bas}$ and density $\n{\modY}{\Bas}$ of a $\Ne$-electron system described by two methods $\modX$ and $\modY$ (potentially identical) in an incomplete basis set $\Bas$. According to Eq.~(15) of Ref.~\onlinecite{GinPraFerAssSavTou-JCP-18}, assuming that $\E{\modX}{\Bas}$ and $\n{\modY}{\Bas}$ are reasonable approximations of the FCI energy and density within $\Bas$, the exact ground state energy $\E{}{}$ may be written as \begin{equation} \label{eq:e0basis} \E{}{} \approx \E{\modX}{\Bas} + \bE{}{\Bas}[\n{\modY}{\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