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The GW approximation of many-body perturbation theory is an accurate method for computing electron addition and removal energies of molecules and solids. In a canonical implementation, however, its computational cost is $O(N^4)$ in the…
An efficient all-electron G$^0$W$^0$ method and a quasiparticle selfconsistent GW (QSGW) method for molecules are proposed in the molecular orbital space with the full random phase approximation. The convergence with basis set is examined.…
The GW approximation in electronic structure theory has become a widespread tool for predicting electronic excitations in chemical compounds and materials. In the realm of theoretical spectroscopy, the GW method provides access to charged…
We provide an in-depth examination of the $GW$ approximation of Green's function many-body perturbation theory by detailing both its theoretical and practical aspects in the realm of quantum chemistry. First, the quasiparticle context is…
We present a novel hybrid quantum/classical (QM/MM) approach to the calculation of charged excitations in molecular solids based on the many-body Green's function $GW$ formalism. Molecules described at the $GW$ level are embedded into the…
Calculations of ground-state and excited-state properties of materials have been one of the major goals of condensed matter physics. Ground-state properties of solids have been extensively investigated for several decades within the…
We review the Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) approach to the calculation of electronic excitation energies of molecular systems. We recall the general Green's function many-theory formalism and give the working equations of the BSE approach…
Using many-body perturbation theory within the $G_0W_0$ approximation, we explore routes for computing the ionization potential (IP), electron affinity (EA), and fundamental gap of three gas-phase molecules -- benzene, thiophene, and (1,4)…
We present an accurate approach to compute X-ray photoelectron spectra based on the $GW$ Green's function method, that overcomes shortcomings of common density functional theory approaches. $GW$ has become a popular tool to compute valence…
Several widely used methods for the calculation of band structures and photo emission spectra, such as the GW approximation, rely on Many-Body Perturbation Theory. They can be obtained by iterating a set of functional differential equations…
The performance of many-body perturbation theory for calculating ground-state properties is investigated. We present fully numerical results for the electron gas in three and two dimensions in the framework of the GW approximation. The…
GW calculations with fully self-consistent G and W -- based on the iterative solution of the Dyson equation -- provide an approach for consistently describing ground and excited states on the same quantum mechanical level. We show that for…
The many-body $GW$ formalism, for the calculation of ionization potentials or electronic affinities, relies on the frequency-dependent dielectric function built from the electronic degrees of freedom. Considering the case of water as a…
Accurate predictions of charge excitation energies of molecules in the disordered condensed phase are central to the chemical reactivity, stability, and optoelectronic properties of molecules and critically depend on the specific…
We present an approach for GW calculations of quasiparticle energies with quasi-quadratic scaling by approximating high-energy contributions to the Green's function in its Lehmann representation with effective stochastic vectors. The method…
Ab initio many-body perturbation theory within the $GW$ approximation is a Green's function formalism widely used in the calculation of quasiparticle excitation energies of solids. In what has become an increasingly standard approach,…
We present a new first-principles formalism for calculating forces for optically excited electronic states using the interacting Green's function approach with the GW-Bethe Salpeter Equation method. This advance allows for efficient…
We describe a finite-field approach to compute density response functions, which allows for efficient $G_0W_0$ and $G_0W_0\Gamma_0$ calculations beyond the random phase approximation. The method is easily applicable to density functional…
Many-body perturbation theory in the GW approximation is a useful method for describing electronic properties associated with charged excitations. A hierarchy of GW methods exists, starting from non-self-consistent G0W0, through partial…
We derive the explicit expression of the three self-energies that one encounters in many-body perturbation theory: the well-known $GW$ self-energy, as well as the particle-particle and electron-hole $T$-matrix self-energies. Each of these…