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Toward Large-Scale AFQMC Calculations: Large Time Step Auxiliary-Field Quantum Monte Carlo
Zoran Sukurma (University of Vienna), Martin Schlipf (VASP Software (Austria)), Moritz Humer (University of Vienna), Amir Taheridehkordi (University of Vienna), Georg Kresse (University of Vienna, VASP Software (Austria))
Abstract: High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide We report modifications of the ph-AFQMC algorithm that allow the use of large time steps and reliable time step extrapolation. Our modified algorithm eliminates size-consistency errors present in the standard algorithm when large time steps are employed. We investigate various methods to approximate the exponential of the one-body operator within the AFQMC framework, distinctly demonstrating the superiority of Krylov methods over the conventional Taylor expansion. We assess various propagators within AFQMC and demonstrate that the Split-2 propagator is the optimal method, exhibiting the smallest time-step errors. For the HEAT set molecules, the time-step extrapolated energies deviate on average by only 0.19 kcal/mol from the accurate small time-step energies. For small water clusters, we obtain accurate complete basis-set binding energies using time-step extrapolation with a mean absolute error of 0.07 kcal/mol compared to CCSD(T). Using large time-step ph-AFQMC for the N 2 dimer, we show that accurate bond lengths can be obtained while reducing CPU time by an order of magnitude.