Issue 21, 2012

Comparison of explicitly correlated local coupled-cluster methods with various choices of virtual orbitals

Abstract

Explicitly correlated local coupled-cluster (LCCSD-F12) methods with pair natural orbitals (PNOs), orbital specific virtual orbitals (OSVs), and projected atomic orbitals (PAOs) are compared. In all cases pair-specific virtual subspaces (domains) are used, and the convergence of the correlation energy as a function of the domain sizes is studied. Furthermore, the performance of the methods for reaction energies of 52 reactions involving 58 small and medium sized molecules is investigated. It is demonstrated that for all choices of virtual orbitals much smaller domains are needed in the explicitly correlated methods than without the explicitly correlated terms, since the latter correct a large part of the domain error, as found previously. For PNO-LCCSD-F12 with VTZ-F12 basis sets on the average only 20 PNOs per pair are needed to obtain reaction energies with a root mean square deviation of less than 1 kJ mol−1 from complete basis set estimates. With OSVs or PAOs at least 4 times larger domains are needed for the same accuracy. A new hybrid method that combines the advantages of the OSV and PNO methods is proposed and tested. While in the current work the different local methods are only simulated using a conventional CCSD program, the implications for low-order scaling local implementations of the various methods are discussed.

Graphical abstract: Comparison of explicitly correlated local coupled-cluster methods with various choices of virtual orbitals

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
23 Jan 2012
Accepted
16 Mar 2012
First published
16 Mar 2012

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012,14, 7591-7604

Comparison of explicitly correlated local coupled-cluster methods with various choices of virtual orbitals

C. Krause and H. Werner, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 7591 DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40231A

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