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The unitary coupled cluster (UCC) approximation is one of the more promising wave-function ans\"atze for electronic structure calculations on quantum computers via the variational quantum eigensolver algorithm. However, for large systems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-30 Jia Chen , Hai-Ping Cheng , James K. Freericks

The factorized form of unitary coupled cluster theory (UCC) is a promising wave-function ansatz for the variational quantum eigensolver algorithm. Here, we present a quantum inspired algorithm for UCC based on an exact operator identity for…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-09-24 Jia Chen , Hai-Ping Cheng , James Freericks

We introduce a unitary coupled-cluster (UCC) ansatz termed $k$-UpCCGSD that is based on a family of sparse generalized doubles (D) operators which provides an affordable and systematically improvable unitary coupled-cluster wavefunction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-07 Joonho Lee , William J. Huggins , Martin Head-Gordon , K. Birgitta Whaley

A unitary coupled-cluster (UCC) form for the wavefunction in the variational quantum eigensolver has been suggested as a systematic way to go beyond the mean-field approximation and include electron correlation in solving quantum chemistry…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-12 Ilya G. Ryabinkin , Tzu-Ching Yen , Scott N. Genin , Artur F. Izmaylov

In Coupled-Cluster (CC) theory, unphysical complex energies may arise in the presence of strong magnetic fields, near conical intersections, or in systems exhibiting complex Abelian point group symmetries. This issue originates from the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-07-28 Laura Grazioli , Marios-Petros Kitsaras , Stella Stopkowicz

We propose a relativistic unitary coupled cluster (UCC) expectation value approach for computing first-order properties of heavy-element systems. Both perturbative (UCC3) and non-perturbative (qUCC) commutator-based formulations are applied…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Kamal Majee , Somesh Chamoli , Malaya K. Nayak , Achintya Kumar Dutta

Unitary coupled cluster (UCC), originally developed as a variational alternative to the popular traditional coupled cluster method, has seen a resurgence as a functional form for use on quantum computers. However, the number of excitors…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-01-07 Maria-Andreea Filip , Alex J. W. Thom

Unitary coupled cluster (UCC) theory offers a promising Hermitian alternative to conventional coupled cluster (CC) theory, but its practical implementation is hindered by the non-truncating nature of the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff (BCH)…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-05-05 Justin T. Phillips , Lauren N. Koulias , Stephen H. Yuwono , A. Eugene DePrince

The tailored coupled cluster (TCC) approach is a promising ansatz that preserves the simplicity of single-reference coupled cluster theory, while incorporating a multi-reference wave function through amplitudes obtained from a preceding…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-01-07 Maximilian Mörchen , Leon Freitag , Markus Reiher

A unitary coupled-cluster (UCC)-based self-consistent electron propagator theory (EPT) is proposed for the description of electron-detached and electron-attached states. Two practical schemes, termed IP/EA-UCC3 and IP/EA-qUCCSD, are…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Yu Zhang , Junzi Liu

We present a coupled cluster method (CCM) with optimized excitation operators. The efficiency comes from a parameterized form of excitation operators. The parameters are found by variational optimization procedure. The resultant number of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-12-09 Quanlin Jie

The unitary coupled cluster (UCC) algorithm is one of the most promising implementations of the variational quantum eigensolver for quantum computers. However, for large systems, the number of UCC factors leads to deep quantum circuits,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Jeremy Canfield , Dominika Zgid , J K Freericks

We propose an orbital optimized method for unitary coupled cluster theory (OO-UCC) within the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) framework for quantum computers. OO-UCC variationally determines the coupled cluster amplitudes and also…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-09-23 Wataru Mizukami , Kosuke Mitarai , Yuya O. Nakagawa , Takahiro Yamamoto , Tennin Yan , Yu-ya Ohnishi

Quantum computers promise to revolutionise electronic simulations by overcoming the exponential scaling of many-electron problems. While electronic wave functions can be represented using a product of fermionic unitary operators, shallow…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-04 Hugh G. A. Burton , Daniel Marti-Dafcik , David P. Tew , David J. Wales

Unitary Coupled Cluster (UCC) theory is a promising variational method for electronic structure calculations, especially for strongly correlated systems and quantum computers. However, its practical application is limited by the steep…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-02-05 Prateek Vaish , Brenda Rubenstein

The fundamental non-Hermitian nature of the forms of coupled-cluster (CC) theory widely used in quantum chemistry has usually been viewed as a negative, but the present letter shows how this can be used to advantage. Specifically, the…

In truncated coupled-cluster (CC) theories, non-variational and/or generally complex ground-state energies can occur. This is due to the non-Hermitian nature of the similarity transformed Hamiltonian matrix in combination with CC…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-09-22 Tanner Culpitt , Erik I. Tellgren , Fabijan Pavosevic

Due to their non-iterative nature, fixed Unitary Coupled-Cluster (UCC) ans\"atze are attractive for performing quantum chemistry Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) computations as they avoid pre-circuit measurements on a quantum…

In this work we investigate methods to improve the efficiency and scalability of quantum algorithms for quantum chemistry applications. We propose a transformation of the electronic structure Hamiltonian in the second quantization framework…

Non-unitary theories are commonly seen in the classical simulations of quantum systems. Among these theories, the method of moments of coupled-cluster equations (MMCCs) and the ensuing classes of the renormalized coupled-cluster (CC)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-13 Bo Peng , Karol Kowalski
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