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Equation-of-Motion Coupled-Cluster Theory to Model L-Edge X-ray Absorption and Photoelectron Spectra.

Marta L VidalPavel PokhilkoAnna I KrylovSonia Coriani
Published in: The journal of physical chemistry letters (2020)
We present an extension of the equation-of-motion coupled-cluster singles and doubles (EOM-CCSD) theory for computing X-ray L-edge spectra, both in the absorption (XAS) and in the photoelectron (XPS) regimes. The approach is based on the perturbative evaluation of spin-orbit couplings using the Breit-Pauli Hamiltonian and nonrelativistic wave functions described by the fc-CVS-EOM-CCSD ansatz (EOM-CCSD within the frozen-core core-valence separated (fc-CVS) scheme). The formalism is based on spinless one-particle density matrices. The approach is illustrated by modeling XAS and XPS of several model systems ranging from Ar to small molecules containing sulfur and silicon.
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