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Computation of Atmospheric Concentrations of Molecular Clusters from ab initio Thermochemistry
Published on: April 8, 2020
Graphics Processing Unit-Accelerated Density-Fitting Coupled-Cluster and Equation-of-Motion Coupled-Cluster Methods
Zhifan Wang1, Bo Liu2, Jian Xu3
1College of Chemistry and Life Science/Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Structural Optimization and Application of Functional Molecules, Chengdu Normal University, Chengdu 611130, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Coupled-cluster (CC) programs incorporating spin-orbit coupling (SOC) within the density-fitting (DF) approximation have been developed in this work. The implementations include DF-SOC-CCSD and DF-SOC-CCSD(T) for ground-state calculations and DF-SOC-EOM-EE-CCSD for excitation energies. The DF approximation reduces memory and disk usage, while a spin-independent formulation simplifies the code and enables efficient graphics processing unit (GPU) acceleration. Spatial symmetry and single/double precision are also supported to enhance computational efficiency. Benchmark calculations on heavy-element systems show that the DF approximation introduces negligible errors and accurate SOC splittings are maintained even with single-precision arithmetic. GPU acceleration exhibits good scalability, achieving a more than 5-fold speedup for larger systems until I/O operations become the limiting factor. The developed DF-SOC-CC program suite provides an accurate and efficient approach for electronic structure calculations of heavy-element systems involving SOC.
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