Physics – Chemical Physics
Scientific paper
2009-09-02
Physics
Chemical Physics
9 pages; accepted on J. Chem. Phys
Scientific paper
We calculate the linear and non-linear susceptibilities of periodic longitudinal chains of hydrogen dimers with different bond-length alternations using a diffusion quantum Monte Carlo approach. These quantities are derived from the changes in electronic polarization as a function of applied finite electric field - an approach we recently introduced and made possible by the use of a Berry-phase, many-body electric-enthalpy functional. Calculated susceptibilities and hyper-susceptibilities are found to be in excellent agreement with the best estimates available from quantum chemistry - usually extrapolations to the infinite-chain limit of calculations for chains of finite length. It is found that while exchange effects dominate the proper description of the susceptibilities, second hyper-susceptibilities are greatly affected by electronic correlations. We also assess how different approximations to the nodal surface of the many-body wavefunction affect the accuracy of the calculated susceptibilities.
Marzari Nicola
Umari Paolo
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