We investigate the efficient construction of guiding wave functions for use in diffusion Monte Carlo calculations of electronic excited states. We test guiding wave functions obtained from singles-only configuration interaction, time-dependent density functional theory, and complete active space self-consistent field methods. The techniques are used to study the first ionization potentials and excited states of silane and methane.
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