Abstract (eng)
This thesis is devoted to the implementation and assessment of three wave function based methods for solid state systems under periodic boundary conditions: (i) Second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2), (ii) Random phase approximation plus second-order screened exchange (RPA+SOSEX), and (iii) Coupled-cluster singles and doubles (CCSD).
The first part briefly reviews the employed theoretical and computational
methods. The implemented expressions of the Hartree-Fock, MP2, RPA+SOSEX and CCSD theories are derived. Natural orbitals are introduced and approximated at the level of MP2. Moreover, we explain the evaluation of the required quantities in the framework of the projector-augmented wave (PAW) method as implemented in the Vienna ab-initio simulation package (VASP).
The second part summarizes the results that have been obtained at the different levels of theory. Structural properties, atomization energies and quasiparticle band gaps have been calculated using HF and MP2 for archetypical semiconductors and insulators. It is shown that MP2 tends to overcorrelate strongly screening materials and undercorrelate weakly screening materials. This leads to an over- and underestimation of lattice constants for weakly and strongly screening materials, respectively. The RPA+SOSEX method was employed for the evaluation of total correlation energies of atoms, atomization energies of small molecules, as well as lattice constants and atomization energies of a series of semiconductors and insulators. We show that the introduction
of second-order screened exchange lifts some deficiancies of the RPA,
such as the underbinding of molecules and solids, and the overestimation of the total correlation energies. Finally, using CCSD and MP2 natural orbitals our CCSD implementation was tested for the LiH molecule as well as solid. Our results agree very well with results that have been obtained using quantum chemical codes.