State-specific multi-reference perturbation theories

EMERGENCE OE STATE-SPECIFIC MULTI-REFERENCE PERTURBATION THEORY SS-MRPT FROM SS-MRCC THEORY... 

Although the approach described above is presented in its most general form, using a multiple coupled-cluster Ansatz for the SS-MRCC formalism, suitable approxi-mants to it such as the state-specific multi-reference perturbation theory (SS-MRPT) or state-specific multi-reference CEPA (SS-MRCEPA) can be generated by straightforward approximations. Since the new closed component of the wave operator for IMS appear first at the quadratic power, it is evident that the expressions we have derived in this and the earlier papers for the CAS will remain valid if the quadratic powers of are ignored in the approximants to SS-MRCC for IMS. This implies that all the SS-MRPT... 

State-specific multi-reference perturbation theories ... 

U.S. Mahapatra, S. Chattopadhyay, R.K. Chaudhuri, Second-order state-specific multi-reference Mller-Plesset perturbation theory Application to energy surfaces of diimide, ethylene, butadiene and cyclobutadiene, J. Comput. Chem. 32 (2011) 325. 

In Section 4.2.3.2, we presented the basic equations of single-root (state-specific) multi-reference Brillouin-Wigner coupled cluster theory. We derived these equations from the single-root (state-specific) multi-reference Brillouin-Wigner perturbation theory presented in Section 4.2.3.1. In this section, we turn our attention to the coupled cluster single- and double-excitations approximation, ccsd. We present... 

Multi-reference Brillouin-Wigner theory overcomes the intruder state problem because the exact energy is contained in the denominator factors. Calculations are therefore state specific , that is they are performed for one state at a time. This is in contrast to multi-reference Rayleigh-Schrddinger perturbation theory which is applied to a manifold of states simultaneously. Multi-reference Brillouin-Wigner perturbation theory is applied to a single state. Wenzel and Steiner [105] write (see also [106]) ... 

In 1998 a multi-state version of CASPT2, MS-CASPT2, was introduced by Finley et al. to compensate for those cases when the CASSCF reference functions, due to aceidental degeneracy, is not accurate enough to form the basis of state-specific multiconfigurational reference 2nd order perturbation theory. ... 

Our group has already studied all the fluoro-, chloro-and bromo-carbenes [11-16]. We used the complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) method as well as complete active space second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2) and multi-reference configuration interaction (MRCI) approaches to compute the geometries, force constants, and vibrational frequencies of the (singlet) X and A states as well as the (triplet) a states. Our theoretical studies of most of these carbenes were carried out specifically to complement LIF studies that were pursued in our laboratories by Kable et al. [6]. In addition to the determination of spectroscopic constants, the spectroscopic and theoretical studies considered dynamics on the A surfaces, i.e. whether photodissociation or internal conversion to the ground state would occur. 

Whereas the multi-reference Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory approximates a manifold of states simultaneously, the multi-reference Brillouin-Wigner perturbation theory approach is applied to a single state - it is said to be state-specific . The multi-reference Brillouin-Wigner perturbation theory avoids the intruder state problem. If a particular Brillouin-Wigner-based formulation is not a valid many-body method, then a posteriori correction can be applied. This correction is designed to restore the extensivity of the method. This extensivity may be restored approximately... 

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