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Title: A systematic benchmark of the ab initio Bethe-Salpeter equation approach for low-lying optical excitations of small organic molecules

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. CEA, DEN, Service de Recherches de Métallurgie Physique, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
  2. Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA, Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
  3. Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA, Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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OSTI Identifier:
1228638
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Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Volume: 142 Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Bruneval, Fabien, Hamed, Samia M., and Neaton, Jeffrey B. A systematic benchmark of the ab initio Bethe-Salpeter equation approach for low-lying optical excitations of small organic molecules. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4922489.
Bruneval, Fabien, Hamed, Samia M., & Neaton, Jeffrey B. A systematic benchmark of the ab initio Bethe-Salpeter equation approach for low-lying optical excitations of small organic molecules. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4922489
Bruneval, Fabien, Hamed, Samia M., and Neaton, Jeffrey B. Sun . "A systematic benchmark of the ab initio Bethe-Salpeter equation approach for low-lying optical excitations of small organic molecules". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4922489.
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