Electron correlation in extended systems via quantum embedding

dc.contributor.advisorScuseria, Gustavo E.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKolomeisky, Anatoly Ben_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHazzard, Kadenen_US
dc.creatorBulik, Ireneusz Wen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-06T20:37:47Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-01-06T20:37:47Zen_US
dc.date.created2015-12en_US
dc.date.issued2015-06-17en_US
dc.date.submittedDecember 2015en_US
dc.date.updated2016-01-06T20:37:47Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThe pursuit of accurate and computationally efficient many-body tools capable of describing electron correlation is a major effort of the quantum chemistry community. The accuracy of chemical predictions strongly depends on the ability of the models to account for electron correlation. As the computational demand scales unfavourably with the size of the system, an efficient way of identifying relevant degrees of freedom may be an interesting avenue. In this thesis, a quantum embedding approach is employed to study lattice systems, polymers, and crystals. Numerical data shows the accuracy of the quantum embedding theory when combined with high-level many-body techniques. As the size of the units that are embedded grows, a more approximate and more computationally affordable tools are called for. In this thesis, we investigate the possibility of forming such methods in the framework of coupled cluster theory. We believe that the tools presented in this thesis could be important for accurate treatment of electron correlation in applications to realistic materials.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationBulik, Ireneusz W. "Electron correlation in extended systems via quantum embedding." (2015) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/87720">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/87720</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/87720en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectElectron correlationen_US
dc.subjectquantum embeddingen_US
dc.subjectdensity matrix embedding theoryen_US
dc.subjectcoupled clusteren_US
dc.titleElectron correlation in extended systems via quantum embeddingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentChemistryen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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