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Docs: Documented the new MRCI feature
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will append ``iop(99/33=1)`` to the respective Gaussian job input file.
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To request a multireference calculation, such as MRCI, one can specify any of the following examples:
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- A "simple" MRCI computation (text example)::
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sp_level = 'MRCI/cc-pVTZ'
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- Adding explicitly correlated calculations (F12) which provide improvement of the basis set convergence.
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Only available through Molpro (dictionary example)::
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sp_level = {'method': 'MRCI-F12', 'basis': 'cc-pVTZ-F12}
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Users can also specify a chain of jobs to be performed (supported in Molpro and Orca) so that the MRCI
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calculation uses the orbitals of the previous job. For example, to perform a MRCI calculation on CASSCF orbitals,
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one can specify::
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sp_level = {'method': 'MP2_CASSCF_MRCI', 'basis': 'aug-cc-pVTZ'}
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This chain, seperated by underscores, will perform an HF calculation (by default, no need to specify),
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an MP2 calculation, then a CASSCF calculation, and finally an MRCI calculation on CASSCF orbitals.
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Note that requesting an MRCI job will cause ARC to first automatically spawn a Molpro CCSD/cc-pVDZ job to identify
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the active space for the MRCI calculation. If the subsequent job is spawned in Orca, the active space will be used.
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If the subsequent MRCI job is spawned in Molpro, the entire space is currently considered (the active space is not
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determined explicitly). It is therefore recommended to set the ``levels_ess`` dict in settings to that "MRCI" jobs
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will be executed in Orca, and "F12" and "CCSD" jobs will be executed in Molpro.
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