{"title":"Pair-Density Functional Theory Based on the Spin-Projected Unrestricted Hartree-Fock Method.","authors":"Shirong Wang, Xin Xu","doi":"10.1021/acs.jctc.5c00392","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spin-projected unrestricted Hartree-Fock (SUHF) theory is a valuable method that effectively addresses static correlation. To further enhance its accuracy, it is important to augment it with dynamic correlation. Based on SUHF theory, we propose a pair-density functional theory, namely, SU-PDFT, which formally follows the concept of multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory (MC-PDFT). SU-PDFT shows comparable accuracy to MC-PDFT but avoids the issue of the exponential scaling of the multiconfiguration (MC) approach. The hybrid version of SU-PDFT with one or two parameters is also developed, displaying further improved accuracy.</p>","PeriodicalId":45,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.5c00392","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Spin-projected unrestricted Hartree-Fock (SUHF) theory is a valuable method that effectively addresses static correlation. To further enhance its accuracy, it is important to augment it with dynamic correlation. Based on SUHF theory, we propose a pair-density functional theory, namely, SU-PDFT, which formally follows the concept of multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory (MC-PDFT). SU-PDFT shows comparable accuracy to MC-PDFT but avoids the issue of the exponential scaling of the multiconfiguration (MC) approach. The hybrid version of SU-PDFT with one or two parameters is also developed, displaying further improved accuracy.
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