  Modern electronic structure theories can predict and simulate a wealth of
phenomena in surface science and solid-state physics. In order to allow for a
direct comparison with experiment, such ab initio predictions have to be made
in the thermodynamic limit, substantially increasing the computational cost of
many-electron wave-function theories. Here, we present a method that achieves
thermodynamic limit results for solids and surfaces using the "gold standard"
coupled cluster ansatz of quantum chemistry with unprecedented efficiency. We
study the energy difference between carbon diamond and graphite crystals,
adsorption energies of water on h-BN, as well as the cohesive energy of the Ne
solid, demonstrating the increased efficiency and accuracy of coupled cluster
theory for solids and surfaces.
