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Title: Studying excited-state-specific perturbation theory on the Thiel set
We explore the performance of a recently introduced N5-scaling excited-state-specific second order perturbation theory (ESMP2) on the singlet excitations of the Thiel benchmarking set. We find that, without regularization, ESMP2 is quite sensitive to π system size, performing well in molecules with small π systems but poorly in those with larger π systems. With regularization, ESMP2 is far less sensitive to π system size and shows a higher overall accuracy on the Thiel set than CC2, equation of motion-coupled cluster with singles and doubles, CC3, and a wide variety of time-dependent density functional approaches. Unsurprisingly, even regularized ESMP2 is less accurate than multi-reference perturbation theory on this test set, which can, in part, be explained by the set’s inclusion of some doubly excited states but none of the strong charge transfer states that often pose challenges for state-averaging. Beyond energetics, we find that the ESMP2 doubles norm offers a relatively low-cost way to test for doubly excited character without the need to define an active space.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1848012
PAR ID:
10517624
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Date Published:
Journal Name:
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume:
158
Issue:
22
ISSN:
0021-9606
Page Range / eLocation ID:
224113
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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