Machine learning for a finite size correction in periodic coupled cluster theory calculations.

Abstract

We introduce a straightforward Gaussian process regression (GPR) model for the transition structure factor of metal periodic coupled cluster singles and doubles (CCSD) calculations. This is inspired by the method introduced by Liao and Grüneis for interpolating over the transition structure factor to obtain a finite size correction for CCSD [K. Liao and A. Grüneis, J. Chem. Phys. 145, 141102 (2016)] and by our own prior work using the transition structure factor to efficiently converge CCSD for metals to the thermodynamic limit [Mihm et al., Nat. Comput. Sci. 1, 801 (2021)]. In our CCSD-FS-GPR method to correct for finite size errors, we fit the structure factor to a 1D function in the momentum transfer, G. We then integrate over this function by projecting it onto a k-point mesh to obtain comparisons with extrapolated results. Results are shown for lithium, sodium, and the uniform electron gas.