Flexible DMRG-Based Framework for Anharmonic Vibrational Calculations


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2023-12-26

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We present a novel formulation of the vibrational density matrix renormalization group (vDMRG) algorithm tailored to strongly anharmonic molecules described by general, high-dimensional model representations of potential energy surfaces. For this purpose, we extend the vDMRG framework to support vibrational Hamiltonians expressed in the so-called n-mode second-quantization formalism. The resulting n-mode vDMRG method offers full flexibility with respect to both the functional form of the PES and the choice of the single-particle basis set. We leverage this framework to apply, for the first time, vDMRG based on an anharmonic modal basis set optimized with the vibrational self-consistent field algorithm on an on-the-fly constructed PES. We also extend the n-mode vDMRG framework to include excited-state-targeting algorithms in order to efficiently calculate anharmonic transition frequencies. We demonstrate the capabilities of our novel n-mode vDMRG framework for methyloxirane, a challenging molecule with 24 coupled vibrational modes.

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19 (24)

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9329 - 9343

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American Chemical Society

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03736 - Reiher, Markus / Reiher, Markus check_circle

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