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  • Nuclear science
  • Theoretical chemistry
  • Computational physics

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  • Exploring electronic states in actinide compounds is crucial but challenging due to relativistic effects and electron correlation.
  • Traditional methods like CASSCF have limitations for complex actinide systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop advanced computational tools for accurate theoretical calculations of actinide electronic states.
  • To improve the treatment of relativistic effects and electron correlation in these calculations.

Main Methods:

  • Developed CASPT2/RASPT2 and DIRAC programs for multiconfigurational perturbation theory with relativistic Hamiltonians.
  • Utilized an improved virtual orbital (IVO) approach and CASCI methodologies as reference functions.
  • Implemented RASCI-RASPT2 for larger active spaces and parallelized the entire program.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated efficient parallelization of CASCI-CASPT2 on UO2^2+ using 1-256 cores.
  • Computed vertical excitation energies of UO2^2+ using RASCI-RASPT2, showing consistency with previous studies.
  • Developed a GUI to aid in the selection of orbital spaces for CASPT2/RASPT2 calculations.

Conclusions:

  • The developed programs offer efficient and accessible tools for actinide electronic structure calculations.
  • Widespread use of these freely available resources is expected to drive further advancements in actinide chemistry.
  • The study highlights the successful application of advanced computational methods to complex nuclear science problems.