Title: Multiresolution quantum chemistry in multiwavelet bases: excited states from time-dependent Hartree–Fock and density functional theory via linear response

Abstract

Using the fully numerical method for time-dependent Hartree–Fock and density functional theory (TD-HF/DFT) with the Tamm–Dancoff (TD) approximation we use a multiresolution analysis (MRA) approach to present our findings. From a reformulation with effective use of the density matrix operator, we obtain a general form of the HF/DFT linear response equation in the first quantization formalism. It can be readily rewritten as an integral equation with the bound-state Helmholtz (BSH) kernel for the Green's function. The MRA implementation of the resultant equation permits excited state calculations without virtual orbitals. Moreover, the integral equation is efficiently and adaptively solved using a numerical multiresolution solver with multiwavelet bases. Our implementation of the TD-HF/DFT methods is applied for calculating the excitation energies of H₂, Be, N₂, H₂O, and C₂H₄ molecules. The numerical errors of the calculated excitation energies converge in proportion to the residuals of the equation in the molecular orbitals and response functions. The energies of the excited states at a variety of length scales ranging from short-range valence excitations to long-range Rydberg-type ones are consistently accurate. It is shown that the multiresolution calculations yield the correct exponential asymptotic tails for the response functions, whereas those computed with Gaussian basis functions aremore » too diffuse or decay too rapidly. Finally, we introduce a simple asymptotic correction to the local spin-density approximation (LSDA) so that in the TDDFT calculations, the excited states are correctly bound.« less

Authors:

Yanai, Takeshi ^[1]; Fann, George I. ^[2]; Beylkin, Gregory ^[3]; Harrison, Robert J. ^[4]

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1. Inst. for Molecular Science, Aichi (Japan)
2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
3. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
4. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Publication Date:

Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:

1265805

Grant/Contract Number:  

AC05-00OR22725; MDA972-00-1-0016; ACI-0082982; DMS-0219326; AC03-76SF0098

Resource Type:

Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP

Additional Journal Information:

Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 47; Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9076

Publisher:

Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English

Subject:

37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY