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Title: Communication: Energy benchmarking with quantum Monte Carlo for water nano-droplets and bulk liquid water

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4810882· OSTI ID:1565006
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  1. Univ. College London, Bloomsbury (United Kingdom)
  2. Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
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In this work, we show the feasibility of using quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) to compute benchmark energies for configuration samples of thermal-equilibrium water clusters and the bulk liquid containing up to 64 molecules. Evidence that the accuracy of these benchmarks approaches that of basis-set converged coupled-cluster calculations is noted. We illustrate the usefulness of the benchmarks by using them to analyze the errors of the popular BLYP approximation of density functional theory (DFT). Finally, the results indicate the possibility of using QMC as a routine tool for analyzing DFT errors for non-covalent bonding in many types of condensed-phase molecular system.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1565006
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 138, Issue 22; ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 27 works
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