Correlation matrix renormalization approximation for total-energy calculations of correlated electron systems
Correlation matrix renormalization approximation for total-energy calculations of correlated electron systems
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.89.045131
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发表时间:
2013-03
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Yongxin Yao;Jun Liu;Caizhuang Wang;K. Ho
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作者:
Yongxin Yao;Jun Liu;Caizhuang Wang;K. Ho
We generalized the commonly used Gutzwiller approximation for calculating the electronic structure and total energy of strongly correlated electron systems. In our method, the evaluation of one-body and two-body density matrix elements of the Hamiltonian is simplified using a renormalization approximation to achieve better scaling of the computational effort as a function of system size. To achieve a clear presentation of the concept and methodology, we describe the detailed formalism for a finite hydrogen system with minimal basis set. We applied the correlation matrix renormalization approximation approach to a H2 dimer and H8 cubic fragment with minimal basis sets, as well as a H2 molecule with a large basis set. The results compare favorably with sophisticated quantum chemical calculations. We believe our approach can serve as an alternative way to build up the exchange-correlation energy functional for an improved density functional theory description of systems with strong electron correlations.