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A self-consistent coulomb bath model using density fitting.

Xin Chen^1,2, Zexing Qu¹, Bingbing Suo³

¹Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, China.

Journal of Computational Chemistry

|May 6, 2020

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A novel Coulomb bath model accurately calculates interfragment electrostatic and polarization interactions in condensed-phase systems. This efficient method uses density fitting and a double self-consistent field (DSCF) procedure for accurate many-body polarization effects.

Keywords:

coulomb bath mode density fitting fragment-based method

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Area of Science:

Computational Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
Materials Science

Background:

Accurate calculation of interfragment interactions is crucial for understanding condensed-phase systems.
Existing methods may struggle with efficiency and accuracy for many-body polarization effects.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a self-consistent Coulomb bath model for accurate and efficient calculation of interfragment electrostatic and polarization interactions.
To incorporate many-body polarization effects into computational models.

Main Methods:

Partitioning condensed-phase systems into molecular fragment blocks.
Representing the Coulomb bath using a density fitting method with Gaussian-type auxiliary basis sets.
Iterative double self-consistent field (DSCF) procedure to optimize electron density and realize mutual many-body polarization.

Main Results:

Demonstrated good agreement between Coulomb bath calculations and exact results from energy decomposition analysis.
Visualized many-body polarization effects using electron density difference plots.
Achieved fast and robust convergence with near-linear scaling performance.

Conclusions:

The self-consistent Coulomb bath model provides an accurate and efficient approach for calculating interfragment interactions.
The DSCF procedure effectively captures mutual many-body polarization effects.
The method shows promise for large-scale computational chemistry applications.