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ReviewNature reviews. Chemistry2023

Ab initio quantum chemistry with neural-network wavefunctions.

Jan Hermann, James Spencer, Kenny Choo, Antonio Mezzacapo, W M C Foulkes, David Pfau, Giuseppe Carleo, Frank Noé

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Review in Nature reviews. Chemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Jan Hermann *Microsoft Research AI4Science, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2779-0749
James Spencer *DeepMind, London, UK.
Kenny Choo *Department of Physics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Antonio MezzacapoIBM Quantum, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York, NY, USA.
W M C FoulkesImperial College London, Department of Physics, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8359-1122
David PfauDeepMind, London, UK. pfau@google.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0834-8653
Giuseppe CarleoEPFL, Institute of Physics, Lausanne, Switzerland. giuseppe.carleo@epfl.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8887-4356
Frank NoéMicrosoft Research AI4Science, Berlin, Germany. franknoe@microsoft.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-9324

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deep learning methods outperform human capabilities in pattern recognition and data processing problems and now have an increasingly important role in scientific discovery. A key application of machine learning in molecular science is to learn potential energy surfaces or force fields from ab initio solutions of the electronic Schrödinger equation using data sets obtained with density functional theory, coupled cluster or other quantum chemistry (QC) methods. In this Review, we discuss a complementary approach using machine learning to aid the direct solution of QC problems from first principles. Specifically, we focus on quantum Monte Carlo methods that use neural-network ansatzes to solve the electronic Schrödinger equation, in first and second quantization, computing ground and excited states and generalizing over multiple nuclear configurations. Although still at their infancy, these methods can already generate virtually exact solutions of the electronic Schrödinger equation for small systems and rival advanced conventional QC methods for systems with up to a few dozen electrons.

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