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  • Computational Chemistry
  • Quantum Embedding Theory
  • Materials Science

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  • Self-consistent density matrix embedding theory (DMET) is a powerful quantum chemistry method for studying large systems.
  • Traditional DMET calculations can be computationally expensive due to the handling of integrals.
  • Density fitting (DF) techniques can accelerate these calculations, but deterministic DF (d-DF) still presents challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate the acceleration of DMET calculations using semistochastic density fitting (ss-DF).
  • To investigate the impact of ss-DF on computational efficiency and accuracy.
  • To showcase the ability of ss-DF-based DMET to recover weak interactions in molecular clusters.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of semistochastic density fitting (ss-DF) within DMET framework.
  • Reduction of auxiliary orbitals in three-indexed DF integrals to save computational time.
  • Application to hydrogen-bonded clusters (water and hydrogen fluoride) and analysis of Hartree-Fock matrix construction and integral transformations.

Main Results:

  • Significant time savings achieved in building Hartree-Fock matrices and transforming integrals using ss-DF.
  • Analysis of (H2O)10 cluster shows the impact of deterministic space size on calculation quality.
  • ss-DF demonstrates superior computational efficiency compared to d-DF in water clusters (6-30 molecules) with a triple-ζ basis set.
  • Numerical structural optimizations confirm DMET's ability to recover weak interactions via a back-transformed energy formula.

Conclusions:

  • Semistochastic density fitting (ss-DF) offers a promising approach to accelerate quantum embedding theories like DMET.
  • The method provides significant computational speed-ups without compromising accuracy for relevant chemical systems.
  • ss-DF-based DMET effectively captures weak interactions, crucial for understanding molecular structure and properties.