GAMESS version Aug. 11, 2011 R1 now available

[Brett Bode]

Hello all,
The GAMESS developers are happy to announce the availability of the
Aug. 11, 2011 R1 version of GAMESS. The highlights of the new version
are:

Solvation model changes include implementation of the SMD
parameterization for continuum solvation. The EFP discrete solvation
model and the PCM, COSMO, and SMD continuum models are fully
integrated with all MP2 and TDDFT gradient codes. QM/EFP energy
analysis is possible. Excited state calculations can be performed by
spin-flip of open shell references at the CIS and TDDFT levels, for
nuclear gradients. The Tamm/Dancoff approximation to TDDFT
calculations is enabled. Conical intersections may be found on MCSCF
or TDDFT potential surfaces. The QuanPol program, including ionic
polarizable aqueous solvation, is provided for QM/MM or MM
calculations such as MD simulations. Accuracy for the closed shell
Fragment Molecular Orbital gradients is improved, and geometrically
frozen domains can be used. The Local Response Dispersion correction
for DFT calculations may be evaluated. Sapporo-family basis sets for
all-electron scalar relativity are offered for the first 5 atomic
periods.

A C++ program "libcchem" permitting closed shell Hartree-Fock
computations by GPU processors is provided as an option.

Enjoy the program!