Arxiv:1601.07728V1
Efficient implementation of core-excitation Bethe-Salpeter equation calculations K. Gilmorea,b,∗, John Vinsonc, E.L. Shirleyc, D. Prendergastd, C.D. Pemmarajud, J.J. Kase, F.D. Vilae, J.J. Rehre aEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble 38000, France bJiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China cNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA dLawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBL), Berkeley, California 94720, USA eDepartment of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA Abstract We present an efficient implementation of the Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) method for obtaining core-level spectra including x-ray absorption (XAS), x-ray emission (XES), and both resonant and non-resonant inelastic x-ray scattering spectra (N/RIXS). Calculations are based on density functional theory (DFT) electronic structures generated either by abinit or Quantumespresso, both plane-wave basis, pseudopotential codes. This electronic structure is improved through the inclusion of a GW self energy. The projector augmented wave technique is used to evaluate transition matrix elements between core-level and band states. Final two-particle scattering states are obtained with the NIST core-level BSE solver (NBSE). We have previously reported this implementation, which we refer to as ocean (Obtaining Core Excitations from Ab initio electronic structure and NBSE) [Phys. Rev. B 83, 115106 (2011)]. Here, we present additional efficiencies that enable us to evaluate spectra for systems ten times larger than previously possible; containing up to a few thousand electrons. These improvements include the implementation of optimal basis functions that reduce the cost of the initial DFT calculations, more complete parallelization of the screening calculation and of the action of the BSE Hamiltonian, and various memory reductions.
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