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  • Computational Chemistry
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Theoretical Chemistry

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  • Accurate potential energy surfaces are crucial for understanding molecular behavior.
  • Calculating these surfaces for quasi-degenerate and excited states presents significant computational challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a new selected configuration interaction (CI) method for computing potential energy surfaces.
  • To address the computational demands of quasi-degenerate and excited electronic states.

Main Methods:

  • A novel selected configuration interaction (CI) approach was developed.
  • Slater determinants were generated using quantum Monte Carlo sampling.
  • The wave function was iteratively improved with determinant generation and pruning.

Main Results:

  • The new method significantly reduced the number of iterations for convergence compared to standard Monte Carlo CI (MCCI).
  • Calculations for the ground and excited states of C2 demonstrated small non-parallelity errors.
  • The method proved applicable to potential energy surface calculations.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed selected CI method offers an efficient and accurate approach for potential energy surface calculations.
  • It is particularly well-suited for quasi-degenerate and excited electronic states.
  • The findings suggest broad applicability in theoretical and computational chemistry.