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In atomic, molecular, and nuclear physics, the method of complex coordinate rotation is a widely used theoretical tool for studying resonant states. Here, we propose a novel implementation of this method based on the gradient optimization…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-07-24 Zhi-Da Bai , Zhen-Xiang Zhong , Zong-Chao Yan , Ting-Yun Shi

In this work, we present a one-step second-order converger for state-specific (SS) and state-averaged (SA) complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) wave functions. Robust convergence is achieved through step restrictions using a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-06-08 Benjamin Helmich-Paris

The general procedure underlying Hartree-Fock and Kohn-Sham density functional theory calculations consists in optimizing orbitals for a self-consistent solution of the Roothaan-Hall equations in an iterative process. It is often ignored…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-03-16 Alain C. Vaucher , Markus Reiher

The complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) method is the principal approach employed for studying strongly correlated systems. However, exact CASSCF can only be performed on small active spaces of ~20 electrons in ~20 orbitals…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-12-22 Daniel S. Levine , Diptarka Hait , Norm M. Tubman , Susi Lehtola , K. Birgitta Whaley , Martin Head-Gordon

We propose a state-specific orbital optimization scheme for improving the accuracy of excited states of the electronic structure Hamiltonian for the use on near-term quantum computers, which can be combined with any overlap-based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-16 Guorui Zhu , Joel Bierman , Jianfeng Lu , Yingzhou Li

We introduce a reusable geometry-optimization engine in PyBEST for analytic, gradient-driven molecular structure optimization, with particular emphasis on orbital-optimized pair coupled-cluster doubles (OOpCCD/AP1roG). The engine interfaces…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-03-24 Saman Behjou , Iulia Emilia Brumboiu , Katharina Boguslawski

Iron-sulfur clusters comprise an important functional motif of the catalytic centers of biological systems, capable of enabling important chemical transformations at ambient conditions. This remarkable capability derives from a notoriously…

We report the development of the theory and computer program for analytical nuclear energy gradients for (extended) multi-state complete active space perturbation theory (CASPT2) with full internal contraction. The vertical shifts are also…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-03-20 Bess Vlaisavljevich , Toru Shiozaki

In this paper, we study Newton-conjugate gradient (Newton-CG) methods for minimizing a nonconvex function $f$ whose Hessian is $(H_f,\nu)$-H\"older continuous with modulus $H_f>0$ and exponent $\nu\in(0,1]$. Recently proposed Newton-CG…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Ziyang Zeng , Junyu Zhang , Chuan He

Selective configuration interaction methods approximate correlated molecular ground- and excited states by considering only the most relevant Slater determinants in the expansion. While a recently proposed neural-network-assisted approach…

In this paper, we study structured quasi-Newton methods for optimization problems with orthogonality constraints. Note that the Riemannian Hessian of the objective function requires both the Euclidean Hessian and the Euclidean gradient. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-05 Jiang Hu , Bo Jiang , Lin Lin , Zaiwen Wen , Yaxiang Yuan

Accelerating the convergence of second-order optimization, particularly Newton-type methods, remains a pivotal challenge in algorithmic research. In this paper, we extend previous work on the \textbf{Quadratic Gradient (QG)} and rigorously…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-01 John Chiang

It is shown that a prechosen set of occupied/virtual valence/core atomic/fragmental orbitals can be transformed to an equivalent set of localized occupied/virtual pre-molecular orbitals (pre-LMO), which can then be taken as probes to select…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 Yibo Lei , Bingbing Suo , Wenjian Liu

Quadratic convergence throughout the active space is achieved for the gradient ascent pulse engineering (GRAPE) family of quantum optimal control algorithms. We demonstrate in this communication that the Hessian of the GRAPE fidelity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-27 D. L. Goodwin , Ilya Kuprov

The computational investigation of photochemical processes often entails the calculation of excited state geometries, energies, and energy gradients. The nuclear-electronic orbital (NEO) approach treats specified nuclei, typically protons,…

In this work, we introduce several technical and analytical extensions to our recent state-averaged orbital-optimized variational quantum eigensolver (SA-OO-VQE) algorithm (see Ref. [S. Yalouz et al. ,Quantum Sci. Technol. 6, 024004…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-19 Saad Yalouz , Emiel Koridon , Bruno Senjean , Benjamin Lasorne , Francesco Buda , Lucas Visscher

We demonstrate how to determine numerically nearly exact orthonormal orbitals that are optimal for evaluation of the energy of arbitrary (correlated) states of atoms and molecules by minimization of the energy Lagrangian. Orbitals are…

We derive and implement analytic nuclear gradients and derivative couplings for a constrained Complete Active Space Self-Consistent Field with a small active space designed to model electron or hole transfer. Using a Lagrangian formalism,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-09-01 Tian Qiu , Joseph E. Subotnik

We present a fully numerical framework for the optimization of molecule-specific quantum chemical basis functions within the quantics tensor train format using a finite-difference scheme. The optimization is driven by solving the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-06-12 Paul Haubenwallner , Matthias Heller

Fragmentation methods applied to multireference wave functions constitute a road towards the application of highly accurate ab initio wave function calculations to large molecules and solids. However, it is important for reproducibility and…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-07-23 Matthew R. Hermes , Laura Gagliardi