Spin-flip, tensor equation-of-motion configuration interaction with a density-functional correction: A spin-complete method for exploring excited-state potential energy surfaces

Journal Article · Mon Dec 21 04:00:00 EST 2015 · Journal of Chemical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937571· OSTI ID:22493340

Zhang, Xing

We revisit the formalism of the spin-adapted, spin-flip (SA-SF) configuration-interaction singles (CIS) method based on a tensor equation-of-motion formalism that affords proper spin eigenstates without sacrificing single-reference simplicity. Matrix elements for SA-SF-CIS are then modified in a manner similar to collinear spin-flip time-dependent density functional theory (SF-TDDFT), to include a DFT exchange-correlation correction. The performance of this method, which we call SA-SF-DFT, is evaluated numerically and we find that it systematically improves the energies of electronic states that exhibit significant spin contamination within the conventional SF-TDDFT approach. The new method cures the state assignment problem that plagues geometry optimizations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations using traditional SF-TDDFT, without sacrificing computational efficiency, and furthermore provides correct topology at conical intersections, including those that involve the ground state, unlike conventional TDDFT. As such, SA-SF-DFT appears to be a promising method for generating excited-state potential energy surfaces at DFT cost.

• OSTI ID: 22493340
• Journal Information: Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Issue: 23 Vol. 143; ISSN JCPSA6; ISSN 0021-9606
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONFIGURATION INTERACTION
CORRECTIONS
CORRELATIONS
DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD
EIGENSTATES
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
EXCITED STATES
GROUND STATES
MATRIX ELEMENTS
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHOD
OPTIMIZATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SPIN
SPIN FLIP
SURFACES
TENSORS
TIME DEPENDENCE