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A phaseless auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo perspective on the uniform electron gas at finite temperatures: Issues, observations, and benchmark study

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0041378· OSTI ID:1765419

We investigate the viability of the phaseless finite-temperature auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (ph-FT-AFQMC) method for ab initio systems using the uniform electron gas as a model. Through comparisons with exact results and FT coupled cluster theory, we find that ph-FT-AFQMC is sufficiently accurate at high to intermediate electronic densities. We show, both analytically and numerically, that the phaseless constraint at FT is fundamentally different from its zero-temperature counterpart (i.e., ph-ZT-AFQMC), and generally, one should not expect ph-FT-AFQMC to agree with ph-ZT-AFQMC in the low-temperature limit. With an efficient implementation, we are able to compare exchange-correlation energies to the existing results in the thermodynamic limit and find that the existing parameterizations are highly accurate. In particular, we found that ph-FT-AFQMC exchange-correlation energies are in better agreement with a known parameterization than is restricted path-integral MC in the regime of Θ ≤ 0.5 and rs ≤ 2, which highlights the strength of ph-FT-AFQMC.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1765419
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 154; ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of PhysicsCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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