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We report unphysical irregularities and discontinuities in some key experimentally-measurable quantities computed within the GW approximation of many-body perturbation theory applied to molecular systems. In particular, we show that the…

Quantum chemistry is envisioned as an early and disruptive application for quantum computers. Yet, closer scrutiny of the proposed algorithms shows that there are considerable difficulties along the way. Here, we propose two criteria for…

We calculate single-particle excitation energies for a series of 33 molecules using fully selfconsistent GW, one-shot G$_0$W$_0$, Hartree-Fock (HF), and hybrid density functional theory (DFT). All calculations are performed within the…

Finding an accurate ab initio approach for calculating the electronic properties of transition metal oxides has been a problem for several decades. In this paper, we investigate the electronic structure of the transition metal monoxides…

Within the framework of the full potential projector-augmented wave methodology, we present a promising low-scaling $GW$ implementation. It allows for quasiparticle calculations with a scaling that is cubic in the system size and linear in…

Since the earliest implementations of the various GW approximations and cumulant expansion in the calculations of quasiparticle propagators and spectra, several attempts have been made to combine the advantageous properties and results of…

The quasiparticle wavefunction of a many-electron system is traditionally defined as the eigenfunction of the quasiparticle eigenvalue equation involving the self-energy. In this article a new concept of a quasiparticle wavefunction is…

We use the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) as implemented in the Qiskit software package to compute the ground state energy of small molecules derived from water, H$_2$O, and hydrogen cyanide, HCN. The work aims to benchmark…

The quasiparticle (QP) energies, which are minus of the energies required by removing or produced by adding one electron from/to the system, corresponding to the photoemission or inverse photoemission (PE/IPE) spectra, are determined…

We propose a simple additive approach to simulate X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) of macromolecules based on the $GW$ method. Single-shot $GW$ ($G_0W_0$) is a promising technique to compute accurate core-electron binding energies (BEs).…

We present a new all-electron, augmented-wave implementation of the GW approximation using eigenfunctions generated by a recent variant of the full-potential LMTO method. The dynamically screened Coulomb interaction W is expanded in a mixed…

Theoretical studies of semiconductors and band insulators are usually based on variants of the $GW$ method without full self-consistency, like single-shot $G^0W^0$ or quasiparticle self-consistent $GW$. Fully self-consistent $GW$ provides a…

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…

Self consistent GW approach (scGW) has been applied to calculate the ground state properties (equilibrium Wigner-Seitz radius $S_{WZ}$ and bulk modulus $B$) of 3d transition metals Sc, Ti, V, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu. The approach systematically…

We present GW calculations of molecules, ordered and disordered solids and interfaces, which employ an efficient contour deformation technique for frequency integration, and do not require the explicit evaluation of virtual electronic…

We describe an implementation of Hedin's GW approximation for molecules and clusters, the complexity of which scales as O(N^3) with the number of atoms. Our method is guided by two strategies: i) to respect the locality of the underlying…

The fully self-consistent GW approximation is an established method for electronic structure calculations. Its most serious deficiency is known to be an incorrect prediction of the dielectric response. In this work we examine the GW…

We present an approach to calculate the optical absorption spectra that combines the quasiparticle self-consistent GW method [Phys. Rev. B, 76 165106 (2007)] for the electronic structure with the solution of the ladder approximation to the…

Hedin's $GW$ approximation to the electronic self-energy has been impressively successful to calculate quasiparticle energies, such as ionization potentials, electron affinities, or electronic band structures. The success of this fairly…

Modifications to the quasiparticle self-consistent GW (QSGW) method needed to correctly describe metal/vacuum interfaces and other systems having extended regions with small electron density are identified and implemented. The method's…