Quantum self-consistent equation-of-motion method for computing molecular excitation energies, ionization potentials, and electron affinities on a quantum computer
Ayush Asthana, Ashutosh Kumar, Vibin Abraham, Harper R. Grimsley, Yu Zhang, Łukasz Cincio, Sergei Tretiak, Pavel A. Dub, Sophia E. Economou, Edwin Barnes, Nicholas J. Mayhall · Chemical Science · 2023
O, and LiH molecules to test our quantum self-consistent equation-of-motion (q-sc-EOM) method and compare it to other current state-of-the-art methods. q-sc-EOM makes use of self-consistent operators to satisfy the vacuum annihilation condition, a critical property for accurate calculations. It provides real and size-intensive energy differences corresponding to vertical excitation energies, ionization potentials and electron affinities. We also find that q-sc-EOM is more suitable for implementation on NISQ devices as it is expected to be more resilient to noise compared with the currently available methods.