COLUMBUS

The COLUMBUS PROGRAMS are a computational chemistry software suite for calculating ab initio molecular electronic structures, designed as a collection of individual programs communicating through files. The programs focus on extended multi-reference calculations of atomic and molecular ground and excited states. Besides standard classes of reference wave functions such as CAS and RAS, calculations can be performed with selected configurations. It makes use of the atomic orbital integrals and gradient routines from the DALTON program. The program is available free of charge under license (including the DALTON license).

For other uses, see Columbus.

The COLUMBUS PROGRAMS are frequently used for nonadiabatic problems because of its ability to calculate MRCI nonadiabatic coupling vector analytically.

Brief History

The COLUMBUS PROGRAMS were started in 1980 in the Department of Chemistry of the Ohio State University by Isaiah Shavitt,[1] Hans Lischka and Ron Shepard. The programs pioneered the Graphical Unitary Group Approach (GUGA) for configuration interaction calculations, which is now available in many other program suites. The programs are named after Columbus, OH.

Style

The COLUMBUS PROGRAMS maintain a program unique style that distinguish itself from most other quantum chemistry programs.

The program suite is a collection of a number of programs coded in Fortran, each can be executed independently. These programs communicate through files. Perl scripts are provided to prepare input files and to link these programs together to perform common tasks such as single point energy calculation, geometry optimization, normal mode analysis, etc. This style provides very high degree of flexibility which is embraced by advanced users. The open style allows new components to be added to the program suite with ease. However, such flexibility also increased the complexity of input file preparation and execution, making it very difficult for new users.

Major features

See also

References
  1. "Profile of Isaiah Shavitt". IAQMS. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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