For an ADC calculation it is important to ensure that there are sufficient resources available for the necessary integral calculations and transformations. These resources are controlled using the $rem variables MEM_STATIC and MEM_TOTAL. The memory used by ADC is currently 95% of the difference MEM_TOTAL - MEM_STATIC. An ADC calculation is requested by setting the$rem variable METHOD to the respective ADC variant. Furthermore, the number of excited states to be calculated has to be specified using one of the $rem variables EE_STATES, EE_SINGLETS, or EE_TRIPLETS. The former variable should be used for open-shell or unrestricted closed-shell calculations, while the latter two variables are intended for restricted closed-shell calculations. Even though not recommended, it is possible to use EE_STATES in a restricted calculation which translates into EE_SINGLETS, if neither EE_SINGLETS nor EE_TRIPLETS is set. Similarly, the use EE_SINGLETS in an unrestricted calculation will translate into EE_STATES, if the latter is not set as well. All$rem variables to set the number of excited states accept either an integer number or a vector of integer numbers. A single number specifies that the same number of excited states are calculated for every irreducible representation the point group of the molecular system possesses (molecules without symmetry are treated as $C_{1}$ symmetric). In contrast, a vector of numbers determines the number of states for each irreducible representation explicitly. Thus, the length of the vector always has to match the number of irreducible representations. Hereby, the excited states are labeled according to the irreducible representation of the electronic transition which might be different from the irreducible representation of the excited state wave function. Users can choose to calculate any molecule as $C_{1}$ symmetric by setting CC_SYMMETRY = FALSE.

METHOD
Controls the order in perturbation theory of ADC.
TYPE:
STRING
DEFAULT:
None
OPTIONS:
RECOMMENDATION:
None

EE_STATES
Controls the number of excited states to calculate.
TYPE:
INTEGER/ARRAY
DEFAULT:
0 Do not perform an ADC calculation
OPTIONS:
$n>0$ Number of states to calculate for each irrep or $[n_{1},n_{2},...]$ Compute $n_{1}$ states for the first irrep, $n_{2}$ states for the second irrep, …
RECOMMENDATION:
Use this variable to define the number of excited states in case of unrestricted or open-shell calculations. In restricted calculations it can also be used, if neither EE_SINGLETS nor EE_TRIPLETS is given. Then, it has the same effect as setting EE_SINGLETS.

EE_SINGLETS
Controls the number of singlet excited states to calculate.
TYPE:
INTEGER/ARRAY
DEFAULT:
0 Do not perform an ADC calculation of singlet excited states
OPTIONS:
$n>0$ Number of singlet states to calculate for each irrep or $[n_{1},n_{2},...]$ Compute $n_{1}$ states for the first irrep, $n_{2}$ states for the second irrep, …
RECOMMENDATION:
Use this variable to define the number of excited states in case of restricted calculations of singlet states. In unrestricted calculations it can also be used, if EE_STATES not set. Then, it has the same effect as setting EE_STATES.

EE_TRIPLETS
Controls the number of triplet excited states to calculate.
TYPE:
INTEGER/INTEGER ARRAY
DEFAULT:
0 Do not perform an ADC calculation of triplet excited states
OPTIONS:
$n>0$ Number of triplet states to calculate for each irrep or $[n_{1},n_{2},...]$ Compute $n_{1}$ states for the first irrep, $n_{2}$ states for the second irrep, …
RECOMMENDATION:
Use this variable to define the number of excited states in case of restricted calculations of triplet states.

CC_SYMMETRY
Activates point-group symmetry in the ADC calculation.
TYPE:
LOGICAL
DEFAULT:
TRUE If the system possesses any point-group symmetry.
OPTIONS:
TRUE Employ point-group symmetry FALSE Do not use point-group symmetry
RECOMMENDATION:
None

Controls the calculation of excited state properties (currently only dipole moments).
TYPE:
LOGICAL
DEFAULT:
FALSE
OPTIONS:
TRUE Calculate excited state properties. FALSE Do not compute state properties.
RECOMMENDATION:
Set to TRUE, if properties are required.

Controls the calculation of transition properties between excited states (currently only transition dipole moments and oscillator strengths), as well as the computation of two-photon absorption cross-sections of excited states using the sum-over-states expression.
TYPE:
LOGICAL
DEFAULT:
FALSE
OPTIONS:
TRUE Calculate state-to-state transition properties. FALSE Do not compute transition properties between excited states.
RECOMMENDATION:
Set to TRUE, if state-to-state properties or sum-over-states two-photon absorption cross-sections are required.

Controls the calculation of two-photon absorption cross-sections of excited states using matrix inversion techniques.
TYPE:
LOGICAL
DEFAULT:
FALSE
OPTIONS:
TRUE Calculate two-photon absorption cross-sections. FALSE Do not compute two-photon absorption cross-sections.
RECOMMENDATION:
Set to TRUE, if to obtain two-photon absorption cross-sections.

STATE_ANALYSIS
Controls the analysis and export of excited state densities and orbitals (see 10.2.6 for details).
TYPE:
LOGICAL
DEFAULT:
FALSE
OPTIONS:
TRUE Perform excited state analyses. FALSE No excited state analyses or export will be performed.
RECOMMENDATION:
Set to TRUE, if detailed analysis of the excited states is required or if density or orbital plots are needed.

Set the spin-opposite scaling parameter $c_{T}$ for an SOS-ADC(2) calculation. The parameter value is obtained by multiplying the given integer by $10^{-3}$.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
1300 Optimized value $c_{T}=1.3$.
OPTIONS:
$n$ Corresponding to $n\cdot 10^{-3}$
RECOMMENDATION:
Use the default.

Set the spin-opposite scaling parameter $c_{c}$ for the ADC(2) calculation. The parameter value is obtained by multiplying the given integer by $10^{-3}$.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
1170 Optimized value $c_{c}=1.17$ for ADC(2)-s or 1000 $c_{c}=1.0$ for ADC(2)-x
OPTIONS:
$n$ Corresponding to $n\cdot 10^{-3}$
RECOMMENDATION:
Use the default.

Set the spin-opposite scaling parameter $c_{x}$ for the ADC(2)-x calculation. The parameter value is obtained by multiplying the given integer by $10^{-3}$.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
1300 Optimized value $c_{x}=0.9$ for ADC(2)-x.
OPTIONS:
$n$ Corresponding to $n\cdot 10^{-3}$
RECOMMENDATION:
Use the default.

Controls the number of excited state guess vectors which are single excitations. If the number of requested excited states exceeds the total number of guess vectors (singles and doubles), this parameter is automatically adjusted, so that the number of guess vectors matches the number of requested excited states.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
Equals to the number of excited states requested.
OPTIONS:
$n$ User-defined integer.
RECOMMENDATION:
Increase if there are convergence problems.

Controls the number of excited state guess vectors which are double excitations.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
0
OPTIONS:
$n$ User-defined integer.
RECOMMENDATION:

Activates the use of the DIIS algorithm for the calculation of ADC(2) excited states.
TYPE:
LOGICAL
DEFAULT:
FALSE
OPTIONS:
TRUE Use DIIS algorithm. FALSE Do diagonalization using Davidson algorithm.
RECOMMENDATION:
None.

Controls the iteration step at which DIIS is turned on.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
1
OPTIONS:
$n$ User-defined integer.
RECOMMENDATION:
Set to a large number to switch off DIIS steps.

Controls the size of the DIIS subspace.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
7
OPTIONS:
$n$ User-defined integer
RECOMMENDATION:
None

Controls the maximum number of DIIS iterations.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
50
OPTIONS:
$n$ User-defined integer.
RECOMMENDATION:
Increase in case of slow convergence.

Controls the convergence criterion for the excited state energy during DIIS.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
6 Corresponding to $10^{-6}$
OPTIONS:
$n$ Corresponding to $10^{-n}$
RECOMMENDATION:
None

Convergence criterion for the residual vector norm of the excited state during DIIS.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
6 Corresponding to $10^{-6}$
OPTIONS:
$n$ Corresponding to $10^{-n}$
RECOMMENDATION:
None

Controls the maximum subspace size for the Davidson procedure.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
$5\times$ the number of excited states to be calculated.
OPTIONS:
$n$ User-defined integer.
RECOMMENDATION:
Should be at least $2-4\times$ the number of excited states to calculate. The larger the value the more disk space is required.

Controls the maximum number of iterations of the Davidson procedure.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
60
OPTIONS:
$n$ Number of iterations
RECOMMENDATION:
Use the default unless convergence problems are encountered.

Controls the convergence criterion of the Davidson procedure.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
$6$ Corresponding to $10^{-6}$
OPTIONS:
$n\leq 12$ Corresponding to $10^{-n}$.
RECOMMENDATION:
Use the default unless higher accuracy is required or convergence problems are encountered.

Controls the threshold for the norm of expansion vectors to be added during the Davidson procedure.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
Twice the value of ADC_DAVIDSON_CONV, but at maximum $10^{-14}$.
OPTIONS:
$n\leq 14$ Corresponding to $10^{-n}$
RECOMMENDATION:
Use the default unless convergence problems are encountered. The threshold value $10^{-n}$ should always be smaller than the convergence criterion ADC_DAVIDSON_CONV.

Controls the amount of printing during an ADC calculation.
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
1 Basic status information and results are printed.
OPTIONS:
0 Quiet: almost only results are printed. 1 Normal: basic status information and results are printed. 2 Debug: more status information, extended information on timings.
RECOMMENDATION:
Use the default.

Activates the use of the CVS approximation for the calculation of CVS-ADC core-excited states.
TYPE:
LOGICAL
DEFAULT:
FALSE
OPTIONS:
TRUE Activates the CVS approximation. FALSE Do not compute core-excited states using the CVS approximation.
RECOMMENDATION:
Set to TRUE, if to obtain core-excited states for the simulation of X-ray absorption spectra. In the case of TRUE, the $rem variable CC_REST_OCC has to be defined as well. CC_REST_OCC Sets the number of restricted occupied orbitals including active core occupied orbitals. TYPE: INTEGER DEFAULT: 0 OPTIONS: $n$ Restrict $n$ energetically lowest occupied orbitals to correspond to the active core space. RECOMMENDATION: Example: cytosine with the molecular formula C${}_{4}$H${}_{5}$N${}_{3}$O includes one oxygen atom. To calculate O 1s core-excited states, $n$ has to be set to 1, because the 1s orbital of oxygen is the energetically lowest. To obtain the N 1s core excitations, the integer $n$ has to be set to 4, because the 1s orbital of the oxygen atom is included as well, since it is energetically below the three 1s orbitals of the nitrogen atoms. Accordingly, to simulate the C 1s spectrum of cytosine, $n$ must be set to 8. SF_STATES Controls the number of excited spin-flip states to calculate. TYPE: INTEGER DEFAULT: 0 Do not perform a SF-ADC calculation OPTIONS: $n>0$ Number of states to calculate for each irrep or $[n_{1},n_{2},...]$ Compute $n_{1}$ states for the first irrep, $n_{2}$ states for the second irrep, … RECOMMENDATION: Use this variable to define the number of excited states in the case of a spin-flip calculation. SF-ADC is available for ADC(2)-s, ADC(2)-x and ADC(3). Keywords for SS-PCM control in$pcm:

EQSOLV
Main switch of the self-consistent SS-PCM procedure.
INPUT SECTION: $pcm TYPE: INTEGER DEFAULT: 0 OPTIONS: 0 No self-consistent SS-PCM. 1 Single SS-PCM calculation (SCF+ADC) with the solvent field found on disk. $n>$1 Do a maximum of $n$ automatic solvent-field iterations. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend to use 15 steps max. Typical convergence is 3-5 steps. In difficult cases 6-12. If the solvent-field iteration do not converge in 15 steps, something is wrong. Also make sure that a solvent field has been stored on disk by a previous job. EQSTATE Specifies the state for which the solvent field is to be optimized. INPUT SECTION:$pcm
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
0
OPTIONS:
0 MP2 ground state (for PTED approach) 1 energetically lowest excited state 2 2nd lowest excited state
RECOMMENDATION:
Given that only one class of excited states is calculated, the state will be selected according to its energetic position shown in the “Exited-State Summary” of the output file. A maximum of 99 states is stored and can be selected.

EQS_CONV
Controls the convergence of the solvent-field iterations by setting the convergence criteria (a mixture of SCF energy and charge-vector). SCF energy criterion computes as $10^{-\rm value}$ eH
INPUT SECTION: $pcm TYPE: INTEGER DEFAULT: SCF_CONVERGENCE$-4=4$ OPTIONS: 3 May be sufficient for emission energies 4 Assured converged total energies (2.7 meV) 5 Really tight RECOMMENDATION: Use the default. EQS_REF Allows to specify which state is to be treated as the reference state in the ADC part of the calculation. Does in contrast to EQSTATE not affect which solvent field is loaded in the SCF step. Only has to be used when singlets are computed in the solvent field of a triplet reference. Note that (converged) singlets states are always counted before triplets, and thus to select $T_{1}$ in a calculation with EE_SINGLETS = 2 this has to be set to 3. INPUT SECTION:$pcm
TYPE:
INTEGER
DEFAULT:
Same as EQSTATE
OPTIONS:
1 First excited state 2 Second excited state
RECOMMENDATION:
Only needed when computing singlet states in the solvent field of a triplet reference.