Spin-Symmetry Projected constrained Unrestricted Hartree-Fock
Quantum Physics
2024-12-24 v1
Abstract
We introduce an electronic structure approach for spin symmetry breaking and restoration from the mean-field level. The spin-projected constrained-unrestricted Hartree-Fock (SPcUHF) method restores the broken spin symmetry inherent in spin-constrained-UHF determinants by employing a non-orthogonal Configuration Interaction (NOCI) projection method. This method includes all possible configurations in spin space compatible with a Clebsch-Gordon recoupling scheme in a NOCI calculation. The tunable one-pair-at-a-time characteristics of the symmetry-breaking process in c-UHF allow us to reduce the computational costs of full projection. SPcUHF is tested on 4-, 6-, and 8-electron systems that exhibit dominant static and/or dynamic correlations.
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@article{arxiv.2412.16458,
title = {Spin-Symmetry Projected constrained Unrestricted Hartree-Fock},
author = {Amir Ayati and Hugh G. A. Burton and Stijn De Baerdemacker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.16458},
year = {2024}
}