@article{932, author = {Vitaly Gorelov and Markus Holzmann and David Ceperley and Carlo Pierleoni}, title = {Electronic excitation spectra of molecular hydrogen in phase I from quantum Monte Carlo and many-body perturbation methods}, abstract = {We study the electronic excitation spectra in solid molecular hydrogen (phase I) at ambient temperature and 5- to 90-GPa pressures using quantum Monte Carlo methods and many-body perturbation theory. In this range, the system changes from a wide-gap molecular insulator to a semiconductor, altering the nature of the excitations from localized to delocalized. Computed gaps and spectra agree with experiments, proving the ability to predict accurately band gaps of many-body systems in the presence of nuclear quantum and thermal effects.}, year = {2024}, journal = {Physical Review B}, volume = {109}, number = {24}, issn = {24699969}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.109.L241111}, }