Investigation of the full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo method using homogeneous electron gas models.
Investigation of the full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo method using homogeneous electron gas models.
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使用均质电子气模型研究全构型相互作用量子蒙特卡罗方法。
DOI:
10.1063/1.4720076
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发表时间:
2012
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通讯作者:
A. Alavi
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作者:
J. Shepherd;George H. Booth;A. Alavi
Using the homogeneous electron gas (HEG) as a model, we investigate the sources of error in the "initiator" adaptation to full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo (i-FCIQMC), with a view to accelerating convergence. In particular, we find that the fixed-shift phase, where the walker number is allowed to grow slowly, can be used to effectively assess stochastic and initiator error. Using this approach we provide simple explanations for the internal parameters of an i-FCIQMC simulation. We exploit the consistent basis sets and adjustable correlation strength of the HEG to analyze properties of the algorithm, and present finite basis benchmark energies for N = 14 over a range of densities 0.5 ≤ r(s) ≤ 5.0 a.u. A single-point extrapolation scheme is introduced to produce complete basis energies for 14, 38, and 54 electrons. It is empirically found that, in the weakly correlated regime, the computational cost scales linearly with the plane wave basis set size, which is justifiable on physical grounds. We expect the fixed-shift strategy to reduce the computational cost of many i-FCIQMC calculations of weakly correlated systems. In addition, we provide benchmarks for the electron gas, to be used by other quantum chemical methods in exploring periodic solid state systems.
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DOI:
10.1063/1.3595514
发表时间:
2011-06
期刊:
The Journal of chemical physics
影响因子:
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作者:
D. Usvyat;B. Civalleri;L. Maschio;R. Dovesi;C. Pisani;M. Schütz
通讯作者:
D. Usvyat;B. Civalleri;L. Maschio;R. Dovesi;C. Pisani;M. Schütz
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
Cleland, D. M.;Booth, George H.;Alavi, Ali
通讯作者:
Alavi, Ali
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Drummond, N. D.;Needs, R. J.;Foulkes, W. M. C.
通讯作者:
Foulkes, W. M. C.
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
Booth, George H.;Cleland, Deidre;Alavi, Ali
通讯作者:
Alavi, Ali