Acronym definitions
- AO
Atomic Orbital.
- ASCI
Adaptive Sampling Configuration Interaction.
- AVAS
Automated Valence Active Space. Method that projects molecular orbitals onto a target atomic orbital basis to identify valence active orbitals.
- BFGS
Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno quasi-Newton optimization algorithm.
- BSE
Basis Set Exchange, a repository of standardized quantum chemistry basis sets and effective core potentials.
- CAS
Complete Active Space.
- CASCI
Complete Active Space Configuration Interaction.
- CASSCF
Complete Active Space Self-Consistent Field.
- CCSD
Coupled Cluster with Single and Double excitations.
- CCSD(T)
Coupled Cluster with Single and Double excitations and perturbative Triple excitations.
- CI
Configuration Interaction.
- CNOT
Controlled-NOT two-qubit gate used in quantum circuits.
- DFT
Density Functional Theory.
- DIIS
Direct Inversion in the Iterative Subspace.
- ECP
Effective Core Potential, a pseudopotential that replaces core electrons to simplify calculations.
- ERI
Electron Repulsion Integral.
- FCIDUMP
Text format for storing one- and two-electron integrals (FCIDUMP standard).
- FCI
Full Configuration Interaction.
- GDM
Geometric Direct Minimization.
- GGA
Generalized Gradient Approximation.
- HF
Hartree-Fock.
- HOMO
Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital.
- LDA
Local Density Approximation.
- LUMO
Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital.
- MACIS
Many-body Adaptive Configuration Interaction Solver. See [WYTMZdJ23] for more details.
- MC
Multi-Configuration.
- MCSCF
Multi-Configuration Self-Consistent Field.
- MO
Molecular Orbital.
- MP2
Second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory.
- QDK
Quantum Development Kit.
- QPE
Quantum Phase Estimation.
- RDM
Reduced Density Matrix; one- or two-particle reduced density matrices used for many-body properties.
- RHF
Restricted Hartree-Fock.
- RKS
Restricted Kohn-Sham.
- ROHF
Restricted Open-shell Hartree-Fock.
- ROKS
Restricted Open-shell Kohn-Sham.
- SCF
Self-Consistent Field.
- SCI
Selected Configuration Interaction.
- STO
Slater-type orbital minimal basis family (e.g., STO-3G minimal basis sets).
- UHF
Unrestricted Hartree-Fock.
- UKS
Unrestricted Kohn-Sham.
- VQE
Variational Quantum Eigensolver.
- VVHV
Valence Virtual Hard Virtual.