New Transcorrelated Method Improving the Feasibility of Explicitly Correlated Calculations

Abstract: We recently developed an explicitly correlated method using the transcorrelated Hamiltonian, which is preliminarily parameterized in such a way that the Coulomb repulsion is compensated at short inter-electronic distances. The extra part of the effective Hamiltonian features short-ranged, size-consistent, and state-universal. The localized and frozen nature of the correlation factor makes the enormous three-body interaction less important and enables us to bypass the complex nonlinear optimization. We review the basic strategy of the method mainly focusing on the applications to single-reference many electron theories using modified Møller-Plesset partitioning and biorthogonal orbitals. Benchmark calculations are performed for 10-electron systems with a series of basis sets.