Input file keywords#

Keywords for the various input sections in the program input file can be listed by means of the print_keyword() class method. Examples are given below.

import veloxchem as vlx

SCF optimization#

scf_drv = vlx.ScfRestrictedDriver()

scf_drv.print_keywords()
                ==========================================================================================                
                  @scf                                                                                                    
                ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                
                  acc_type                      string         type of SCF convergence accelerator                        
                  max_iter                      integer        maximum number of SCF iterations                           
                  conv_thresh                   float          SCF convergence threshold                                  
                  qq_type                       string         ERI screening scheme                                       
                  eri_thresh                    float          ERI screening threshold                                    
                  restart                       boolean        restart from checkpoint file                               
                  filename                      string         base name of output files                                  
                  checkpoint_file               string         name of checkpoint file                                    
                  timing                        boolean        print timing information                                   
                  profiling                     boolean        print profiling information                                
                  memory_profiling              boolean        print memory usage                                         
                  memory_tracing                boolean        trace memory allocation                                    
                  print_level                   integer        verbosity of output (1-3)                                  
                  guess_unpaired_electrons      string         unpaired electrons for initila guess                       
                ==========================================================================================                
                  @method settings                                                                                        
                ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                
                  dispersion                    boolean        use D4 dispersion correction                               
                  xcfun                         string         exchange-correlation functional                            
                  grid_level                    integer        accuracy level of DFT grid (1-8)                           
                  potfile                       string         potential file for polarizable embedding                   
                  electric_field                sequence       static electric field                                      
                  use_split_comm                boolean        use split communicators                                    
                ==========================================================================================                

UV/vis absorption spectrum#

prop = vlx.Absorption()
prop.init_driver()

prop.print_keywords()
                ==========================================================================================                
                  @response                                                                                               
                ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                
                  eri_thresh                    float          ERI screening threshold                                    
                  qq_type                       string         ERI screening scheme                                       
                  batch_size                    integer        batch size for Fock build                                  
                  conv_thresh                   float          convergence threshold                                      
                  max_iter                      integer        maximum number of iterations                               
                  norm_thresh                   float          norm threshold for adding vector                           
                  lindep_thresh                 float          threshold for linear dependence                            
                  restart                       boolean        restart from checkpoint file                               
                  filename                      string         base name of output files                                  
                  checkpoint_file               string         name of checkpoint file                                    
                  force_checkpoint              boolean        flag for writing checkpoint every iteration                
                  save_solutions                boolean        save solutions to file                                     
                  timing                        boolean        print timing information                                   
                  profiling                     boolean        print profiling information                                
                  memory_profiling              boolean        print memory usage                                         
                  memory_tracing                boolean        trace memory allocation                                    
                  print_level                   integer        verbosity of output (1-3)                                  
                  nstates                       integer        number of excited states                                   
                  core_excitation               boolean        compute core-excited states                                
                  num_core_orbitals             integer        number of involved core-orbitals                           
                  nto                           boolean        analyze natural transition orbitals                        
                  nto_pairs                     integer        number of NTO pairs in NTO analysis                        
                  nto_cubes                     boolean        write NTO cube files                                       
                  detach_attach                 boolean        analyze detachment/attachment density                      
                  esa                           boolean        compute excited state absorption                           
                  esa_from_state                integer        the state to excite from (e.g. 1 for S1)                   
                  cube_origin                   sequence       origin of cubic grid points                                
                  cube_stepsize                 sequence       step size of cubic grid points                             
                  cube_points                   sequence       number of cubic grid points                                
                  tamm_dancoff                  boolean        use Tamm-Dancoff approximation                             
                ==========================================================================================                
                  @method settings                                                                                        
                ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                
                  xcfun                         string         exchange-correlation functional                            
                  grid_level                    integer        accuracy level of DFT grid                                 
                  potfile                       string         potential file for polarizable embedding                   
                  electric_field                sequence       static electric field                                      
                  use_split_comm                boolean        use split communicators                                    
                ==========================================================================================                

Complex response solver#

cpp_solver = vlx.ComplexResponse()

cpp_solver.print_keywords()
                ==========================================================================================                
                  @response                                                                                               
                ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                
                  eri_thresh                    float          ERI screening threshold                                    
                  qq_type                       string         ERI screening scheme                                       
                  batch_size                    integer        batch size for Fock build                                  
                  conv_thresh                   float          convergence threshold                                      
                  max_iter                      integer        maximum number of iterations                               
                  norm_thresh                   float          norm threshold for adding vector                           
                  lindep_thresh                 float          threshold for linear dependence                            
                  restart                       boolean        restart from checkpoint file                               
                  filename                      string         base name of output files                                  
                  checkpoint_file               string         name of checkpoint file                                    
                  force_checkpoint              boolean        flag for writing checkpoint every iteration                
                  save_solutions                boolean        save solutions to file                                     
                  timing                        boolean        print timing information                                   
                  profiling                     boolean        print profiling information                                
                  memory_profiling              boolean        print memory usage                                         
                  memory_tracing                boolean        trace memory allocation                                    
                  print_level                   integer        verbosity of output (1-3)                                  
                  a_operator                    string         A operator                                                 
                  a_components                  string         Cartesian components of A operator                         
                  b_operator                    string         B operator                                                 
                  b_components                  string         Cartesian components of B operator                         
                  frequencies                   sequence       frequencies                                                
                  damping                       float          damping parameter                                          
                ==========================================================================================                
                  @method settings                                                                                        
                ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                
                  xcfun                         string         exchange-correlation functional                            
                  grid_level                    integer        accuracy level of DFT grid                                 
                  potfile                       string         potential file for polarizable embedding                   
                  electric_field                sequence       static electric field                                      
                  use_split_comm                boolean        use split communicators                                    
                ==========================================================================================