Systematic construction of complementary auxiliary basis sets from and for atomic natural orbitals

Abstract

A systematic way to construct compact complementary auxiliary basis sets (ABSs) from and for atomic natural orbital basis sets for the use as resolution-of-the-identity sets in explicitly correlated F12 calculations is presented. The performance of these newly constructed ABSs has been benchmarked in explicitly correlated calculations of absolute energies, ionisation potentials and electron affinities.