From a0dc2d8aa2b2ca8b8e17929699852118dc97eee9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anthony Scemama Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 10:54:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Abstract OK --- Manuscript/rsdft-cipsi-qmc.tex | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Manuscript/rsdft-cipsi-qmc.tex b/Manuscript/rsdft-cipsi-qmc.tex index b6da8e0..34d82ed 100644 --- a/Manuscript/rsdft-cipsi-qmc.tex +++ b/Manuscript/rsdft-cipsi-qmc.tex @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \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. 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, especially for small basis sets. +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 expansions than CIPSI, especially for small basis sets. 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, hence avoiding the burden of performing a stochastic optimization. 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 chemical systems.