title: Parametrization of the two-electron reduced density matrix for its direct calculation without the many-electron wave function.
abstract: Parametrization of a molecular two-electron reduced density matrix (2-RDM) enables energies and properties to be directly computed at a highly efficient computational cost. In this Letter an improved 2-RDM parametrization yields energies and properties that are markedly better than those calculated with a similar computational scaling by traditional ab initio methods. Computed 2-RDMs very nearly satisfy well-known N-representability conditions. Applications are made to ground-state energies of several molecules and equilibrium bond distances and harmonic frequencies of HF, F2, and CO. The method for single-bond breaking in HF and CH4 yields similar accuracy at equilibrium and nonequilibrium geometries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. damazz@uchicago.edu
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Mazziotti