title: Damped Response Theory in Combination with Polarizable Environments: The Polarizable Embedding Complex Polarization Propagator Method.
abstract: We present a combination of the polarizable embedding (PE) scheme with the complex polarization propagator (CPP) method with the aim of calculating response properties including relaxation for large and complex systems. This new approach, termed PE-CPP, will benefit from the highly advanced description of the environmental electrostatic potential and polarization in the PE method as well as the treatment of near-resonant effects in the CPP approach. The PE-CPP model has been implemented in a Kohn-Sham density functional theory approach, and we present pilot calculations exemplifying the implementation for the UV/vis and carbon K-edge X-ray absorption spectra of the protein plastocyanin. Furthermore, technical details associated with a PE-CPP calculation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark , DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.|Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University , Linköping SE-58183, Sweden.
authors.forename: Morten N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark , DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Erik D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Hedegård
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark , DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jógvan Magnus H
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University , Linköping SE-58183, Sweden.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kauczor
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University , Linköping SE-58183, Sweden.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark , DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kongsted