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arxiv: 2605.22977 · v1 · pith:KJQFDHXInew · submitted 2026-05-21 · 🪐 quant-ph · cond-mat.str-el· physics.chem-ph· physics.comp-ph

Absorbing Many-Body Correlations into Core-Optimized Orbitals

Hao Zhang , Matthew Otten This is my paper

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keywords core-optimized orbitalsconfiguration interactionTrimCIiron-sulfur clustersdynamical correlationDMRGstrongly correlated electronsorbital optimization
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Co-optimizing orbitals with sparse CI absorbs dynamical correlation and slashes the determinant count needed for accurate many-body simulations.

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The paper demonstrates that optimizing the single-particle orbital basis together with a sparse configuration interaction wavefunction allows a large portion of the many-body correlations to be captured directly in the orbitals. This approach, called Core-Optimized Orbitals or COO, builds on the TrimCI ansatz to produce wavefunctions that are orders of magnitude more compact than those using standard localized orbitals. On the [Fe4S4] cluster with 54 electrons in 36 orbitals, a wavefunction with one billion determinants achieves accuracy that would require three hundred trillion determinants in a localized basis. The method also proves more compact than density matrix renormalization group calculations on iron-sulfur clusters of increasing size. This matters because it suggests that configuration interaction methods can be made competitive or superior for strongly correlated systems by rethinking the orbital basis.

Core claim

Co-optimizing the orbital basis with a sparse CI wavefunction absorbs a large fraction of the dynamical correlation directly into the single-particle basis. On [Fe4S4] (54e, 36o), a billion-determinant TrimCI+COO wavefunction reaches accuracy that would require 3×10^14 determinants in a localized basis and is 8× more compact than the largest unrestricted-DMRG benchmark. Across the iron-sulfur series from [Fe2S2] to the P-cluster, TrimCI+COO is 10-100× more compact than SU(2)-adapted DMRG with entanglement-minimized orbitals at matched accuracy. A tunable Hubbard-on-graph model factorizes the advantage into an orbital-basis gain and an ansatz gain that captures multi-center entanglement.

What carries the argument

Core-Optimized Orbitals (COO) co-optimized with the TrimCI ansatz, which absorbs many-body correlations into the orbital basis rather than requiring them in the CI expansion.

Load-bearing premise

The procedure for optimizing the orbitals can be carried out accurately enough to capture the correlations without introducing new errors or excessive computational overhead.

What would settle it

Performing the same calculation on [Fe4S4] using non-optimized localized orbitals and observing that the required determinant count rises back to around 3×10^14 to reach the same accuracy.

Figures

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The cost of simulating quantum many-body systems - on classical or quantum hardware - scales with the number of variational parameters, so progress at fixed computational budget hinges on more parameter-efficient ans\"atze. Configuration Interaction (CI) is widely dismissed as parameter-heavy; we show this verdict is an artifact of the orbital basis. Co-optimizing the orbital basis with a sparse CI wavefunction - a method we call Core-Optimized Orbitals (COO) - absorbs a large fraction of the dynamical correlation directly into the single-particle basis, cutting the determinant count by several orders of magnitude beyond the already compact TrimCI ansatz on which it builds. On [Fe$_4$S$_4$] (54e, 36o), a billion-determinant TrimCI+COO wavefunction reaches accuracy that would require $3\!\times\!10^{14}$ determinants in a localized basis. At matched accuracy, it is $8\times$ more compact than the largest unrestricted-DMRG benchmark ($25\times$ with PT2). Across the iron-sulfur series - from [Fe$_2$S$_2$] (30e,20o) to the P-cluster (114e,73o) - TrimCI+COO is $10$-$100\times$ more compact than SU(2)-adapted DMRG with entanglement-minimized orbitals at matched accuracy. A tunable Hubbard-on-graph model factorizes the advantage into an orbital-basis gain and an ansatz gain, the latter capturing multi-center entanglement that resists MPS localization. COO therefore changes the picture of CI efficiency: sparse CI with optimized orbitals can outperform state-of-the-art tensor networks on strongly correlated multi-center systems.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper introduces Core-Optimized Orbitals (COO), which co-optimizes a single-particle orbital basis together with a sparse TrimCI wavefunction. It claims that this absorbs a large fraction of dynamical correlation into the orbitals, yielding determinant-count reductions of several orders of magnitude on iron-sulfur clusters (e.g., [Fe4S4] with 54 electrons in 36 orbitals) relative to localized bases or SU(2)-adapted DMRG, with explicit factors of 8–25× compactness at matched accuracy and a Hubbard-on-graph factorization separating orbital and ansatz contributions.

Significance. If the numerical claims are robust, the work would materially alter the perceived efficiency of CI methods for strongly correlated multi-center systems by showing that orbital optimization can absorb correlation that resists MPS localization, potentially making sparse CI competitive with or superior to current tensor-network benchmarks on clusters up to 114 electrons.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract and § on numerical results] The abstract and results sections report determinant-count reductions (e.g., 10^9 vs 3×10^14 on [Fe4S4]) and compactness factors versus DMRG without any description of the orbital-optimization algorithm, convergence thresholds, iteration counts, or diagnostics for variational stability of the reported energies. This information is load-bearing for the central claim that COO reaches a sufficiently accurate orbital set without uncontrolled errors.
  2. [Results on iron-sulfur series] The transferability claim across the iron-sulfur series (from [Fe2S2] to the P-cluster) rests on the assumption that the co-optimized orbitals remain effective for dynamical correlation without re-optimization or loss of accuracy; no cross-validation or sensitivity analysis to orbital changes is shown.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Theory section] Notation for the TrimCI ansatz and the Hubbard-on-graph model should be defined explicitly with equations before the numerical comparisons.
  2. [Figures] Figure captions for the compactness plots should include the precise accuracy metric (energy error relative to what reference) and the DMRG bond-dimension or sweep parameters used for the benchmarks.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their thoughtful review and for highlighting areas where additional methodological transparency would strengthen the manuscript. We address each major comment below and will incorporate revisions as indicated.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and § on numerical results] The abstract and results sections report determinant-count reductions (e.g., 10^9 vs 3×10^14 on [Fe4S4]) and compactness factors versus DMRG without any description of the orbital-optimization algorithm, convergence thresholds, iteration counts, or diagnostics for variational stability of the reported energies. This information is load-bearing for the central claim that COO reaches a sufficiently accurate orbital set without uncontrolled errors.

    Authors: We agree that the orbital-optimization procedure must be documented in the main text to substantiate the numerical results. The current manuscript describes the COO procedure at a high level but omits explicit algorithmic details, thresholds, and stability checks. In the revised version we will insert a new subsection (likely §2.3) that specifies: (i) the macro-iteration scheme alternating between exponential orbital rotations and TrimCI coefficient updates, (ii) convergence criteria (energy change < 10^{-8} E_h and orbital gradient norm < 10^{-6}), (iii) observed iteration counts (typically 4–12 macro-iterations), and (iv) stability diagnostics including Hessian eigenvalue monitoring and direct comparison of COO energies against fixed-orbital TrimCI runs. These elements were previously relegated to the SI; moving them to the main text will directly address the concern. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Results on iron-sulfur series] The transferability claim across the iron-sulfur series (from [Fe2S2] to the P-cluster) rests on the assumption that the co-optimized orbitals remain effective for dynamical correlation without re-optimization or loss of accuracy; no cross-validation or sensitivity analysis to orbital changes is shown.

    Authors: The manuscript performs independent COO optimization for each cluster; the reported compactness gains therefore reflect system-specific orbital bases rather than transferred orbitals. The phrase “transferability across the series” was intended to indicate that the same methodological advantage appears consistently from [Fe2S2] to the P-cluster, not that orbitals optimized on one member can be used unchanged on another. We acknowledge that this wording can be misread and that no explicit cross-validation (e.g., applying [Fe4S4] orbitals to [Fe2S2]) is provided. In the revision we will (a) rephrase the relevant sentences to remove any implication of zero-cost transfer and (b) add a short sensitivity test showing the modest degradation that occurs when orbitals are transferred versus re-optimized, thereby clarifying the scope of the claim. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: claims rest on explicit numerical benchmarks of COO+TrimCI vs. DMRG and localized bases.

full rationale

The abstract and described claims present computational results comparing determinant counts and accuracies for TrimCI+COO against DMRG and localized-basis CI on specific clusters ([Fe4S4], iron-sulfur series). No equations, fitted parameters, or self-citations are invoked to derive the compactness gains; the orbital optimization is presented as an algorithmic procedure whose outcomes are measured directly. The central advantage is attributed to numerical absorption of correlation into the basis, not to any definitional equivalence or load-bearing prior result by the same authors. This is the normal case of an empirical method paper whose performance claims are externally falsifiable via the reported energies and basis sizes.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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Abstract-only review supplies no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; the method is described as building on TrimCI and standard orbital optimization.

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