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\begin{abstract}
By combining density-functional theory (DFT) and wave function theory (WFT) via the range separation (RS) of the interelectronic Coulomb operator, we obtain accurate fixed-node diffusion Monte Carlo (FN-DMC) energies with compact multi-determinant trial wave functions.
These compact trial wave functions are generated via the diagonalization of the RS-DFT Hamiltonian.
In particular, we combine here short-range correlation functionals with selected configuration interaction (SCI).
As the WFT method is relieved from describing the short-range part of the correlation hole around the electron-electron coalescence points, the number of determinants in the trial wave function required to reach a given accuracy is significantly reduced as compared to a conventional SCI calculation.
Having low energies does not mean that they are good for chemical properties.
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In particular, we combine here short-range exchange-correlation functionals with a flavor of selected configuration interaction (SCI) known as \emph{configuration interaction using a perturbative selection made iteratively} (CIPSI), a scheme that we label RS-DFT-CIPSI.
One of the take-home messages of the present study is that RS-DFT-CIPSI trial wave functions yield lower fixed-node energies with more compact multi-determinant expansion than CIPSI.
Indeed, as the CIPSI method is relieved from describing the short-range part of the correlation hole around the electron-electron coalescence points, the number of determinants in the trial wave function required to reach a given accuracy is significantly reduced as compared to a conventional CIPSI calculation.
Importantly, by performing various numerical experiments, we evidence that the RS-DFT scheme essentially plays the role of a simple Jastrow factor by mimicking short-range correlation effects.
Considering the 55 atomization energies of the Gaussian-1 benchmark set of molecules, we show that using a fixed value of $\mu=0.5$~bohr$^{-1}$ provides an effective cancellation of errors as well as compact trial wave functions, making the present method a good candidate for the accurate description of large systems.
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Another important aspect here is the compactness of the trial wave functions $\Psi^\mu$:
at $\mu=1.75$~bohr$^{-1}$, $\Psi^{\mu}$ has \textit{only} $54\,540$ determinants at the srPBE/VDZ-BFD level, while the FCI wave function contains $200\,521$ determinants (see Table \ref{tab:h2o-dmc}). Even at the srPBE/VTZ-BFD level, we observe a reduction by a factor two in the number of determinants between the optimal $\mu$ value and $\mu = \infty$.
The take-home message of this first numerical study is that RS-DFT trial wave functions can yield a lower fixed-node energy with more compact multi-determinant expansion as compared to FCI.
The take-home message of this first numerical study is that RS-DFT-CIPSI trial wave functions can yield a lower fixed-node energy with more compact multi-determinant expansion as compared to FCI.
This is a key result of the present study.
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with that of $\Psi^\mu$ for $0.5 < \mu < 1$~bohr$^{-1}$, as shown by the overlap between the red and blue bands.
This confirms that introducing short-range correlation with DFT has
an impact on the CI coefficients similar to a Jastrow factor.
This is yet another key result of the present study.
This is another key result of the present study.
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\subsection{Intermediate conclusions}
\label{sec:int_ccl}
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As conclusions of the first part of this study, we can highlight the following observations:
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$\mu$. Although the FN-DMC energies are higher, the numbers show that
they are more consistent from one system to another, giving improved
cancellations of errors.
This is another key result of the present study, and it can be explained by the lack of size-consistency when one considers different $\mu$ values for the molecule and the isolated atoms.
This is yet another key result of the present study, and it can be explained by the lack of size-consistency when one considers different $\mu$ values for the molecule and the isolated atoms.
This observation was also mentioned in the context of optimally-tune range-separated hybrids. \cite{Stein_2009,Karolewski_2013,Kronik_2012}
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the CI coefficients in the presence of a Jastrow factor, but without
the burden of performing a stochastic optimization.
Varying the range-separation parameter $\mu$ and approaching the
In addition to the intermediate conclusions drawn in Sec.~\ref{sec:int_ccl},
we can affirm that varying the range-separation parameter $\mu$ and approaching
RS-DFT-FCI with CIPSI provides a way to adapt the number of
determinants in the trial wave function, leading always to
size-consistent FN-DMC energies.
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The second method is for the computation of energy differences, where
the target is not the lowest possible FN-DMC energies but the best
possible cancellation of errors. Using a fixed value of $\mu$
increases the consistency of the trial wave functions, and we have found
increases the (size-)consistency of the trial wave functions, and we have found
that $\mu=0.5$~bohr$^{-1}$ is the value where the cancellation of
errors is the most effective.
Moreover, such a small value of $\mu$ gives extremely