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NWChem Code Development

LA-SiGMA supports three projects:
1. Electron-affinity/ionization-potential Equation-of-motion Coupled-Cluster methods. Developers: Kiran Bhaskaran-Nair (LSU), Mark Jarrell (LSU), Juana Moreno (LSU), William Shelton (LSU), Karol Kowalski (PNNL).

2. Green function Coupled Cluster formalism. Developers: Kiran Bhaskaran-Nair (LSU), Mark Jarrell (LSU), Juana Moreno (LSU), William Shelton (LSU), Karol Kowalski (PNNL).

3. Real-time time-dependent density functional theory in NWChem (Lopata [LSU]). We are developing real-time TDDFT methods for valence and core-level excited states in molecules and materials based on atom-centered basis sets. This includes non-Hermitian propagation for post-ionization features, Ehrenfest dynamics for material dynamics, and non-adiabatic surface-hopping for photochemistry. Additionally, we are developing multiscale embedded electrodynamics/TDDFT approaches for excited states at metal surfaces. This will eventually be released as a massively parallel finite-difference time-domain code in NWChem and potentially ported to Xeon Phi accelerators.