Bypassing the computational bottleneck of quantum-embedding theories for strong electron correlations with machine learning
Open Access
- 29 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Research
- Vol. 3 (1), 013101
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.3.013101
Abstract
A cardinal obstacle to performing quantum-mechanical simulations of strongly correlated matter is that, with the theoretical tools presently available, sufficiently accurate computations are often too expensive to be ever feasible. Here we design a computational framework combining quantum-embedding (QE) methods with machine learning. This allows us to bypass altogether the most computationally expensive components of QE algorithms, making their overall cost comparable to bare density functional theory. We perform benchmark calculations of a series of actinide systems, where our method accurately describes the correlation effects, reducing by orders of magnitude the computational cost. We argue that, by producing a larger-scale set of training data, it will be possible to apply our method to systems with arbitrary stoichiometries and crystal structures, paving the way to virtually infinite applications in condensed matter physics, chemistry, and materials science.Funding Information
- Villum Fonden (00028019)
- Novo Nordisk Fonden
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Basic Energy Sciences
- National Science Foundation (DMR-1733071, 1822258)
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (1157490)
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