title: PERI-CC2: A Polarizable Embedded RI-CC2 Method.
abstract: We present a combination of the polarizable embedding (PE) method with the resolution-of-the-identity implementation of the approximate coupled-cluster singles and doubles method CC2. The new approach, termed PERI-CC2, allows one to study excited state phenomena of large solvated molecular systems with an accurate correlated wave function method. Central to the PE approach is the advanced description of the environmental electrostatic potential and inclusion of polarization, and the quintessence of RI-CC2 is efficient access to excited state properties while retaining the accuracy associated with CC theory. To maintain efficiency, an approximate truncated CC2 density is introduced to calculate the PE contributions. Explicitly, we derive the central equations and outline an implementation of polarizable embedding for the RI-CC2 approach. The new method is tested against previous PE-CC2 and PE-CCSD results for solvatochromic shifts, demonstrating how the important effects of polarization are incorporated well with PERI-CC2 but with a dramatically reduced overall computational cost. A follow-up investigation of the solvatochromic shift of uracil in aqueous solution further illustrates the potential of PERI-CC2. We discuss the need to explicitly incorporate several water molecules into the region treated by quantum mechanics in order to obtain a reliable and accurate description of the physical effects when specific solute/solvent interactions as, e.g., hydrogen-bonds are involved.
authors.affiliation: Center for Bioinformatics and Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Bundesstraße 43, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schwabe
authors.affiliation: Center for Oxygen Microscopy and Imaging, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.|The Lundbeck Foundation Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sneskov
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jógvan Magnus
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Haugaard Olsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kongsted
authors.affiliation: Center for Oxygen Microscopy and Imaging, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.|The Lundbeck Foundation Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Ove
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Christiansen
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hättig