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ADVANCES IN THE THEORY OF QUANTUM SYSTEMS IN CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 22, Issue -, Pages 343-351Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2076-3_19
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- NSF [CHE-1004603]
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We report state-of-the-art quantum Monte Carlo calculations of the singlet n -> pi* (CO) vertical excitation energy in the acrolein molecule, extending the recent study of Bouabca et al. [J Chem Phys 130: 114107, 2009]. We investigate the effect of using a Slater basis set instead of a Gaussian basis set, and of using state-average versus state-specific complete-active-space (CAS) wave functions, with or without reoptimization of the coefficients of the configuration state functions (CSFs) and of the orbitals in variational Monte Carlo (VMC). It is found that, with the Slater basis set used here, both state-average and state-specific CAS(6,5) wave functions give an accurate excitation energy in diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC), with or without reoptimization of the CSF and orbital coefficients in the presence of the Jastrow factor. In contrast, the CAS(2,2) wave functions require reoptimization of the CSF and orbital coefficients to give a good DMC excitation energy. Our best estimates of the vertical excitation energy are between 3.86 and 3.89 eV.
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