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Generic vertex insertions in self-consistent GW calculations do not uniformly improve the accuracy of ionization potentials or electron affinities compared to standard scGW, indicating that systematic improvements require designed diagrammatic approximations. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate whether self-consistent vertex corrections to the GW self-energy, accelerated by tensor hypercontraction, systematically improve molecular ionization potentials and electron affinities.

August 28, 2026The Journal of Chemical PhysicsOpen Access

Self-consistent vertex corrected GW with static and dynamic screening using tensor hypercontraction: Assessment of molecular charged excitations

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MWMunkhorgil WangUniversity of Michigan MWMing WenUniversity of Michigan PPPavel PokhilkoUniversity of Southern California

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Computational benchmark demonstrates that vertex-corrected self-energies do not consistently outperform standard self-consistent GW for molecules, highlighting the need for targeted diagrams.

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To evaluate whether self-consistent vertex corrections to the GW self-energy, accelerated by tensor hypercontraction, systematically improve molecular ionization potentials and electron affinities.
Implemented self-consistent GW self-energy vertex corrections using tensor hypercontraction of Coulomb integrals with static and dynamic screening.
Benchmarked calculated ionization potentials against high-level coupled-cluster references in the G0W0Γ29 and GW100 datasets.
Compared electron addition energies across the GW100 set against equation-of-motion coupled-cluster (EOM-CCSD) reference values.
Identified an energetic hierarchy where self-energies become increasingly negative from second-order exchange to self-consistent GW, consistent with an effective-screening mechanism.
Demonstrated that vertex corrections operate primarily as a frequency-uniform renormalization of the self-energy rather than modifying its spectral shape.
Found that vertex corrections fail to consistently improve ionization potentials over standard self-consistent GW, with simpler approximations degrading accuracy and more complex variants offering only marginal gains.

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Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a914599d15324a1df3a8ebe https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0341797

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Computational benchmark demonstrates that vertex-corrected self-energies do not consistently outperform standard self-consistent GW for molecules, highlighting the need for targeted diagrams.

Self-consistent vertex corrected GW with static and dynamic screening using tensor hypercontraction: Assessment of molecular charged excitations

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