Hybrid Auxiliary Field Quantum Monte Carlo for Molecular Systems

Nov 19, 2022
10 pages
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  • J.Chem.Theor.Comput. 19 (2023) 14, 4484-4493
  • Published: 2023
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Abstract: (ACS)
We propose a quantum Monte Carlo approach to solve the many-body Schrödinger equation for the electronic ground state. The method combines optimization from variational Monte Carlo and propagation from auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo in a way that significantly alleviates the sign problem. In application to molecular systems, we obtain highly accurate results for configurations dominated by either dynamic or static electronic correlation.