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Le LCPQ (UMR 5626, Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantique) est un laboratoire de recherche localisé sur le campus de l'Université Paul Sabatier de Toulouse. Il regroupe des chercheurs dont les activités couvrent plusieurs domaines de la Chimie Théorique -essentiellement quantique- et de la Physique Moléculaire Théorique.

Le LCPQ est membre de la Fédération de recherche FeRMI (Fédération de recherche Matière et Interactions - FR2051), anciennement IRSAMC (Institut de Recherche sur les Systèmes Atomiques et Moléculaires Complexes)..

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In quantum chemistry, single-reference Coupled Cluster theory, and its refinements introduced by Bartlett, has become a “gold-standard” predictive method for taking into account electronic correlations in molecules. In this article, we introduce a new formalism based on a Coupled Cluster expansion of the wave function that is suited to describe model periodic systems and apply this methodology to the case of hole-doped antiferromagnetic two-dimensional (2D)-square spin-lattices as a proof of concept. More precisely, we focus our study on 1/5 and 1/7 doping ratios and discuss the possible ordering effect due to large hole–hole repulsion. Starting from one of the equivalent single determinants exhibiting a full spin alternation and the most remote location of the holes as a single reference, the method incorporates some corrections to the traditional Coupled Cluster formalism to take into account the nonadditivity of excitation energies to multiply excited determinants. The amplitudes of the excitations, which are possible on the excited determinants but impossible on the reference, are evaluated perturbatively, while their effect is treated as a dressing in the basic equations. The expansion does not show any sign of divergence of the wave operator. Finally, the probabilities of holes moving toward the first- and second-neighboring sites are reported, which confirms the importance of the hole–hole repulsion and offers a picture of how stripes expand around its central line in the “stripe phases” observed in cuprates.

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The Diffusion Monte Carlo method with constant number of walkers, also called Stochastic Reconfiguration as well as Sequential Monte Carlo, is a widely used Monte Carlo methodology for computing the ground-state energy and wave function of quantum systems. In this study, we present the first mathematically rigorous anal- ysis of this class of stochastic methods on non necessarily compact state spaces, including linear diffusions evolving in quadratic absorbing potentials, yielding what seems to be the first result of this type for this class of models. We present a novel and general mathematical framework with easily checked Lyapunov stability conditions that ensure the uniform-in-time convergence of Diffusion Monte Carlo estimates towards the top of the spectrum of Schr ̈odinger operators. For transient free evolutions, we also present a divergence blow up of the estimates w.r.t. the time horizon even when the asymptotic fluctuation variances are uniformly bounded. We also illustrate the impact of these results in the context of generalized coupled quan- tum harmonic oscillators with non necessarily reversible nor stable diffusive particle and a quadratic energy absorbing well associated with a semi-definite positive matrix force.

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The crystal field parameters are determined from first-principles calculations in the [An<sup>III</sup>(DPA)<sub>3</sub>]<sup>3-</sup> series, completing previous work on the [Ln<sup>III</sup>(DPA)<sub>3</sub>]<sup>3-</sup> and [An<sup>IV</sup>(DPA)<sub>3</sub>]<sup>2-</sup> series. The crystal field strength parameter follows the Ln(III) &lt; An(III) &lt; An(IV) trend. The parameters deduced at the orbital level decrease along the series, while J-mixing strongly impacts the many-electron parameters, especially for the Pu(III) complex. We further compile the available data for the three series. In some aspects, An(III) complexes are closer to Ln(III) than to An(IV) complexes with regard to the geometrical structure and bonding descriptors. At the beginning of the series, up to Pu(III), there is a quantitative departure from the free ion, especially for the Pa(III) complex. The magnetic properties of the actinides keep the trends of the lanthanides; in particular, the axial magnetic susceptibility follows Bleaney’s theory qualitatively.

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Actinide +IV complexes with six nitrates [AnIV(NO3)6]2− (An = Th, U, Np, and Pu) have been studied by 15N and 17O NMR spectroscopy in solution and first-principles calculations. Magnetic susceptibilities were evaluated experimentally using the Evans method and are in good agreement with the ab initio values. The evolution in the series of the crystal field parameters deduced from ab initio calculations is discussed. The NMR paramagnetic shifts are analyzed based on ab initio calculations. Because the cubic symmetry of the complex quenches the dipolar contribution, they are only of Fermi contact origin. They are evaluated from first-principles based on a complete active space/density functional theory (DFT) strategy, in good accordance with the experimental one. The ligand hyperfine coupling constants are deduced from paramagnetic shifts and calculated using unrestricted DFT. The latter are decomposed in terms of the contribution of molecular orbitals. It highlights two pathways for the delocalization of the spin density from the metallic open-shell 5f orbitals to the NMR active nuclei, either through the valence 5f hybridized with 6d to the valence 2p molecular orbitals of the ligands, or by spin polarization of the metallic 6p orbitals which interact with the 2s-based molecular orbitals of the ligands.

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