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We calculate the band gaps of 12 inorganic semiconductors and insulators composed of atoms from the first three rows of the periodic table using periodic equation-of-motion coupled-cluster theory with single and double excitations…
While the periodic equation-of-motion coupled-cluster (EOM-CC) method promises systematic improvement of electronic band gap calculations in solids, its practical application at the singles and doubles level (EOM-CCSD) is hindered by severe…
We discuss the analytic and diagrammatic structure of ionization potential (IP) and electron affinity (EA) equation-of-motion coupled-cluster (EOM-CC) theory, in order to put it on equal footing with the prevalent $GW$ approximation. The…
Second-order Moller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) for ab initio simulations of solids is often limited by divergence or over-correlation issues, particularly in metallic, narrow-gap, and dispersion-stabilized systems. We develop and…
We present momentum-resolved spectral functions and band gaps from bare and self-consistent second-order perturbation theory for insulating periodic solids. We establish that, for systems with large gap sizes, both bare and self-consistent…
We present a scalable single-particle framework to treat electronic correlation in molecules and materials motivated by Green's function theory. We derive a size-extensive Brillouin-Wigner perturbation theory from the single-particle…
We study the performance of spin-component-scaled second-order M{\o}ller-Plesset perturbation theory (SCS-MP2) for the prediction of the lattice constant, bulk modulus, and cohesive energy of 12 simple, three-dimensional, covalent and ionic…
We examine fractional charge and spin errors in self-consistent Green's function theory within a second-order approximation (GF2). For GF2 it is known that the summation of diagrams resulting from the self-consistent solution of the Dyson…
Quantum chemical methods dealing with challenging systems while retaining low computational costs have attracted attention. In particular, many efforts have been devoted to developing new methods based on the second-order perturbation that…
For materials which are incorrectly predicted by density functional theory to be metallic, an iterative procedure must be adopted in order to perform GW calculations. In this paper we test two iterative schemes based on the quasi-particle…
We develop and test methods that include second and third-order perturbation theory (MP3) using orbitals obtained from regularized orbital-optimized second-order perturbation theory, $\kappa$-OOMP2, denoted as MP3:$\kappa$-OOMP2. Testing…
We present an approach to renormalized second-order Green's function perturbation theory (GF2) which avoids all dependency on continuous variables, grids or explicit Green's functions, and is instead formulated entirely in terms of static…
The quasiparticle (QP) band structures of both strainless and strained monolayer MoS$_{2}$ are investigated using more accurate many body perturbation \emph{GW} theory and maximally localized Wannier functions (MLWFs) approach. By solving…
Calculating the quasiparticle (QP) band structure of two-dimensional (2D) materials within the GW self-energy approximation has proven to be a rather demanding computational task. The main reason is the strong $\mathbf{q}$-dependence of the…
Second-order Moller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) provides accurate correlation energies for periodic systems but suffers from finite-size errors (FSEs) that have inverse volume scaling due to the Coulomb kernel singularity in…
We present an electrostatic theory of band gap renormalization in atomically-thin semiconductors that captures the strong sensitivity to the surrounding dielectric environment. In particular, our theory aims to correct known band gaps, such…
A new perturbative approach to canonical equation-of-motion coupled-cluster theory is presented using coupled-cluster perturbation theory. A second-order M{\o}ller-Plesset partitioning of the Hamiltonian is used to obtain the well known…
We use many-body perturbation theory, the state-of-the-art method for band gap calculations, to compute the band offsets at the Si/SiO$_2$ interface. We examine the adequacy of the usual approximations in this context. We show that (i) the…
Many-body perturbation theory methods, such as the $G_0W_0$ approximation, are able to accurately predict quasiparticle (QP) properties of several classes of materials. However, the calculation of the QP band structure of two-dimensional…
We model Auger spectra using second-order M\o ller-Plesset perturbation (MP2) theory combined with complex-scaled basis functions. For this purpose, we decompose the complex MP2 energy of the core-hole state into contributions from specific…