Physics – Computational Physics
Scientific paper
2007-12-12
J. Chem. Phys. 128, 114309 (2008)
Physics
Computational Physics
8 pages, 6 figures, submitted to J. Chem. Phys
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2838983
The use of an approximate reference state wave function |Phi_r> in electronic many-body methods can break the spin symmetry of Born-Oppenheimer spin-independent Hamiltonians. This can result in significant errors, especially when bonds are stretched or broken. A simple spin-projection method is introduced for auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) calculations, which yields spin-contamination-free results, even with a spin-contaminated |Phi_r>. The method is applied to the difficult F2 molecule, which is unbound within unrestricted Hartree-Fock (UHF). With a UHF |Phi_r>, spin contamination causes large systematic errors and long equilibration times in AFQMC in the intermediate, bond-breaking region. The spin-projection method eliminates these problems, and delivers an accurate potential energy curve from equilibrium to the dissociation limit using the UHF |Phi_r>. Realistic potential energy curves are obtained with a cc-pVQZ basis. The calculated spectroscopic constants are in excellent agreement with experiment.
Al-Saidi W. A.
Krakauer Henry
Purwanto Wirawan
Zhang Shiwei
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