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Excitonic Hamiltonians for Calculating Optical Absorption Spectra and Optoelectronic Properties of Molecular Aggregates and Solids
Published on: May 27, 2020
A hybrid approach to excited-state-specific variational Monte Carlo and doubly excited states
Leon Otis1, Isabel Craig2, Eric Neuscamman2
1Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Abstract:
We extend our hybrid linear-method/accelerated-descent variational Monte Carlo optimization approach to excited states and investigate its efficacy in double excitations. In addition to showing a superior statistical efficiency when compared to the linear method, our tests on small molecules show good energetic agreement with benchmark methods. We also demonstrate the ability to treat double excitations in systems that are too large for a full treatment by using selected configuration interaction methods via an application to 4-aminobenzonitrile. Finally, we investigate the stability of state-specific variance optimization against collapse to other states' variance minima and find that symmetry, Ansatz quality, and sample size all have roles to play in achieving stability.
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