using RI with hybrid functionals

[doguapo]

Hello,

I'm attempting to run some TDDFT calculations using the B3-LYP functional and the resolution of identity (RI) approximation.  I'm having a hard time finding clear instructions on how run a geometry optimization using RIDFT and a hybrid functional.

I've seen some literature mention using rijk - but it doesn't seem to recognize the basis set I'm trying to use (TZVP).  Any tips?

Thanks!

[uwe]

Hi,

TDDFT will not run with RI-J or RI-K when hybrid functionals are used. Hybrid functionals like B3-LYP need the exact HF exchange which is by far the most time consuming part, and it also delivers more or less for free the Coulomb contribution too. So RI-J will not help much in such cases. For ground state calculations using ridft, a (so called) linear-scaling algorithm for the exact exchange - that can be used when no Coulomb (J) part is needed - is implemented and can be used together with RI-J. I do not know if and how this can be extended to TDDFT, but it is not implemented for excited states right now. RI-K is more complicated and has been developed for Post-Hartree-Fock methods and is very often used for MP2, CC2, etc. in ridft and ricc2, so it is not available for TDDFT either.

Regards,

Uwe