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COF26: A new on-top functional for multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory

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arXiv:2605. 06215v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory (MC-PDFT) provides an efficient and accurate framework for computing electronic energies in strongly correlated molecular systems, with the quality of the on-top functional being a key determinant of its predictive accuracy.

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