Newton optimization for the Multiconfiguration Self Consistent Field method at the basis set limit: closed-shell two-electron systems

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Main Authors: Dinvay, Evgueni, Vikhamar-Sandberg, Rasmus
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author Dinvay, Evgueni
Vikhamar-Sandberg, Rasmus
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Vikhamar-Sandberg, Rasmus
contents The multiconfiguration self-consistent field (MCSCF) method is revisited with a specific focus on two-electron systems for simplicity. The wave function is represented as a linear combination of Slater determinants. Both the orbitals and the coefficients of this configuration interaction expansion are optimized according to the variational principle within the Lagrangian formalism, using a Newton optimization scheme. This reduces the MCSCF problem to solving a particular differential Newton system, which can be discretized with multiwavelets and solved iteratively.
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spellingShingle Newton optimization for the Multiconfiguration Self Consistent Field method at the basis set limit: closed-shell two-electron systems
Dinvay, Evgueni
Vikhamar-Sandberg, Rasmus
Chemical Physics
Quantum Physics
The multiconfiguration self-consistent field (MCSCF) method is revisited with a specific focus on two-electron systems for simplicity. The wave function is represented as a linear combination of Slater determinants. Both the orbitals and the coefficients of this configuration interaction expansion are optimized according to the variational principle within the Lagrangian formalism, using a Newton optimization scheme. This reduces the MCSCF problem to solving a particular differential Newton system, which can be discretized with multiwavelets and solved iteratively.
title Newton optimization for the Multiconfiguration Self Consistent Field method at the basis set limit: closed-shell two-electron systems
topic Chemical Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12906