Orbital-optimized pair-correlated electron simulations on trapped-ion quantum computers

L Zhao, J Goings, K Shin, W Kyoung, JI Fuks… - npj Quantum …, 2023 - nature.com
Variational quantum eigensolvers (VQE) are among the most promising approaches for
solving electronic structure problems on near-term quantum computers. A critical challenge …

Quantum orbital-optimized unitary coupled cluster methods in the strongly correlated regime: Can quantum algorithms outperform their classical equivalents?

IO Sokolov, PK Barkoutsos, PJ Ollitrault… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The Coupled Cluster (CC) method is used to compute the electronic correlation energy in
atoms and molecules and often leads to highly accurate results. However, due to its single …

Density matrices of seniority-zero geminal wavefunctions

JD Moisset, CÉ Fecteau, PA Johnson - The Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Scalar products and density matrix elements of closed-shell pair geminal wavefunctions are
evaluated directly in terms of the pair amplitudes, resulting in an analog of Wick's theorem …

[HTML][HTML] Excited states from modified coupled cluster methods: Are they any better than EOM CCSD?

V Rishi, A Perera, M Nooijen, RJ Bartlett - The Journal of Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Simplifications or modifications of coupled cluster methods such as the CCSD (coupled
cluster singles and doubles) model often perform better than the original method in …

Enhancing the electron pair approximation with measurements on trapped-ion quantum computers

L Zhao, Q Wang, JJ Goings, K Shin, W Kyoung… - npj Quantum …, 2024 - nature.com
The electron pair approximation offers an efficient variational quantum eigensolver (VQE)
approach for chemistry simulations on quantum computers. With the number of entangling …

[HTML][HTML] Pair 2-electron reduced density matrix theory using localized orbitals

K Head-Marsden, DA Mazziotti - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Full configuration interaction (FCI) restricted to a pairing space yields size-extensive
correlation energies but its cost scales exponentially with molecular size. Restricting the …

A blocked linear method for optimizing large parameter sets in variational Monte Carlo

L Zhao, E Neuscamman - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We present a modification to variational Monte Carlo's linear method optimization scheme
that addresses a critical memory bottleneck while maintaining compatibility with both the …

Richardson-Gaudin geminal wavefunctions in a Slater determinant basis

CÉ Fecteau, F Berthiaume, M Khalfoun… - Journal of Mathematical …, 2021 - Springer
Geminal wavefunctions have been employed to model strongly-correlated electrons. These
wavefunctions represent products of weakly-correlated pairs of electrons and reasonable …

Size-extensive seniority-zero energy functionals derived from configuration interaction with double excitations

N Vu, AE DePrince - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The doubly occupied configuration interaction (DOCI) approach can provide an accurate
black-box description of nondynamic electron correlation at a computational cost that …

[HTML][HTML] Polynomial-product states: A symmetry-projection-based factorization of the full coupled cluster wavefunction in terms of polynomials of double excitations

JA Gomez, TM Henderson, GE Scuseria - The Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Our goal is to remedy the failure of symmetry-adapted coupled-cluster theory in the
presence of strong correlation. Previous work along these lines has taken us from a diagram …