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Hydrogen chain H10 chain, open, R = 2.8, basis-free

Best values (rules §6)

best variational -0.536832(3) VMC (JAGP)
10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 · the lowest unflagged variational energy, a strict variational bound
best projected -0.537424(9) LR-DMC (LDA determinant)
10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 · the lowest unflagged projected energy, a projected estimate, which depends on its node or constraint
best extrapolated -0.5377(1) SBDMRG
10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 · the lowest unflagged extrapolated energy, an extrapolation, not a bound
best approximate -0.53749(6) RCCSD(T)
10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 · the lowest unflagged approximate energy, an approximate method, whose error has no known sign

Energies as E/N (Ha). Classes are different claims and are not ranked against each other.

The Hamiltonian

H = −½ ∑i ∇i2 − ∑i,I 1/|ri − RI| + ∑i<j 1/|ri − rj| + ∑I<J 1/|RI − RJ|

Hydrogen chain: 10 protons equally spaced on a line, spacing R = 2.8 bohr, open (a finite molecule); N↑ = 5, N↓ = 5. Basis-free: the continuum Born–Oppenheimer Hamiltonian with point protons. Hartree atomic units, nuclear repulsion included; the energy per atom is E/N.

geometry
chain
atoms
10
boundary
open
N_up
5
N_dn
5
R
2.8
basis
none
energies
17

Stored as a total energy in Hartree, nuclear repulsion included (rules §13); quoted here as E/N (Ha), the energy per atom (how the conversion works).

Every published energy

Grouped by what the number is. The exact energy comes first where there is one; in every other group the lowest unflagged energy is its best value, and each row's distance is to that best (rules §6).

Strict variational upper bounds (2)

Energies that a variational state reached (VMC, DMRG and MPS at finite bond dimension, PEPS, NQS, VQE). Each is an upper bound on the ground-state energy.

E/N (Ha)distance to class bestσVar(E)V-score methodsourcecodeyearcomment
-0.536832best variational 0 3.0e-6 n/a n/a VMC (JAGP)
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017
-0.536201 6.3e-4 5.0e-6 n/a n/a VMC (SJ)
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017

Projected or fixed-node estimates (2)

Variational only within a constraint: fixed-node, constrained-path, GFMC on a trial state. Each depends on its node or constraint, so two of them are not cleanly comparable to each other or to strict bounds.

E/N (Ha)distance to class bestσVar(E)V-score methodsourcecodeyearcomment
-0.537424best projected 0 9.0e-6 n/a n/a LR-DMC (LDA determinant)
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017
-0.537423tied with best projected at 2σ 1.0e-6 6.0e-6 n/a n/a LR-DMC (AGP)
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017

Extrapolations (9)

Zero-variance or bond-dimension extrapolations. These are not bounds: no ansatz reached the number.

E/N (Ha)distance to class bestσVar(E)V-score methodsourcecodeyearcomment
-0.5377best extrapolated 0 1.4e-4 n/a n/a SBDMRG
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017
-0.53755tied with best extrapolated at 2σ 1.0e-4 8.0e-5 n/a n/a ph-AFQMC
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017
-0.53755tied with best extrapolated at 2σ 1.0e-4 3.0e-5 n/a n/a MRCI+Q
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017
-0.53753tied with best extrapolated at 2σ 1.2e-4 3.0e-5 n/a n/a MRCI-F12+Q
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017
-0.53726 3.9e-4 2.0e-5 n/a n/a DMET
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017
-0.53632 1.3e-3 5.0e-5 n/a n/a RCCSD
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017
-0.53519 2.5e-3 5.0e-5 n/a n/a UCCSD
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017
-0.517424 2.0e-2 5.0e-6 n/a n/a HF
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017
-0.504414 3.3e-2 3.2e-6 n/a n/a HF
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017

Approximate methods (no bound) (4)

Methods that converge to a fixed approximation and not to the exact energy: RPA, finite-order perturbation theory, coupled cluster restricted to some of its terms. Their error has no known sign, so they are compared only with each other (rules §4).

E/N (Ha)distance to class bestσVar(E)V-score methodsourcecodeyearcomment
-0.53749best approximate 0 6.0e-5 n/a n/a RCCSD(T)
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017
-0.53577 1.7e-3 6.0e-5 n/a n/a UCCSD(T)
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017
-0.53511 2.4e-3 9.0e-5 n/a n/a PC-NEVPT2
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017
-0.53504 2.4e-3 9.0e-5 n/a n/a SC-NEVPT2
peer reviewed
 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031059 2017

How these numbers were read

Where each number below was read, and how it was checked.

-0.5377(1), SBDMRG

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.53765(14) per atom

Table III (second block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1287; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/SBDMRG_CBS: -5.37651 0.00140078 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.53755(8), ph-AFQMC

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.53755(8) per atom

Table III (first block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1274; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/AFQMC_CBS: -5.37552 0.00083012 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.53755(3), MRCI+Q

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.53754(3) per atom

Table III (first block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1274; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/MRCI+Q_CBS: -5.375460 0.000350 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.53753(3), MRCI-F12+Q

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.53753(3) per atom

Table III (first block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1274; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/MRCI+Q+F12_CBS: -5.375300 0.000274 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.53749(6), RCCSD(T)

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.53749(6) per atom

Table III (second block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1287; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/RCCSD(T)_CBS: -5.37494 0.00060262 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.537424(9), LR-DMC (LDA determinant)

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.537424(9) per atom

Table III (first block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1274; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/LRDMC_LDA_basis-TZ: -5.37423773468168 9.215090127407656E-005 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.537423(6), LR-DMC (AGP)

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.537423(6) per atom

Table III (first block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1274; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/LRDMC_AGP_basis-TZ: -5.37423222669008 6.325136949262834E-005 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.53726(2), DMET

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.53726(2) per atom

Table III (first block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1274; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/DMET_2_CBS: -5.37261 0.00018763 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.536832(3), VMC (JAGP)

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.536832(3) per atom

Table III (second block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1287; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/VMC_AGP_basis-TZ: -5.36831731744945 2.999884658698726E-005 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.53632(5), RCCSD

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.53632(5) per atom

Table III (second block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1287; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/RCCSD_CBS: -5.36316 0.000477698 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.536201(5), VMC (SJ)

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.536201(5) per atom

Table III (second block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1287; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/VMC_LDA_basis-TZ: -5.36201333768292 4.956788343114737E-005 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.53577(6), UCCSD(T)

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.53577(6) per atom

Table III (second block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1287; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/UCCSD(T)_CBS: -5.35774 0.000561255 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.53519(5), UCCSD

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.53519(5) per atom

Table III (second block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1287; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/UCCSD_CBS: -5.35186 0.000515728 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.53511(9), PC-NEVPT2

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.53510(9) per atom

Table III (first block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1274; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/PC-NEVPT2_CBS: -5.35107 0.000957245 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.53504(9), SC-NEVPT2

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -0.53504(9) per atom

Table III (first block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1274; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/SC-NEVPT2_CBS: -5.35045 0.000961639 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.517424(5), HF

Checked 2026-10-20 · source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -5.174240(5) (printed as the H10 total, in a column of per-atom values)

Table III (second block), R = 2.8 row; sources/1705.01608.txt line 1287; version read: journal PDF (PRX 7, 031059, APS, sources/1705.01608-PhysRevX.7.031059.txt) and arXiv text; the table values agree digit for digit. Dataset file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/UHF_CBS: -5.1742409 0.0000468 | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

-0.504414(3), HF

Checked 2026-10-20 · dataset github.com/simonsfoundation/hydrogen-benchmark-PRX, commit b99a183 (2017-10-09, uploaded by the authors), CC BY 4.0; source text of arXiv:1705.01608 read locally (pypdf layout text; the generator finds every value again on its line), no LLM transcription of numbers; single reading

Reported as. -5.0441425 0.0000322 (total for N = 10; second number the stated uncertainty)

dataset github.com/simonsfoundation/hydrogen-benchmark-PRX, commit b99a183 (2017-10-09, uploaded by the authors), CC BY 4.0, file N_10_OBC/R_2.8/RHF_CBS in sources/1705.01608-data-b99a183.tsv; number first printed in the dataset (RULES.md §8), the paper is the method reference | Hartree, lengths in bohr (Appendix B). Total energies with nuclear repulsion: FCI/STO-6G H10 at R = 1.8 is -5.42438538 in the dataset and -0.542439 per atom in Table II, and the paper's FCI E_inf = -0.471039 is the STO-6G hydrogen-atom energy per atom.

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