Coupled cluster (CC) is a numerical technique used for describing many-body systems. Its most common use is as one of several  post-Hartree–Fock ab initio quantum chemistry methods in the field of computational chemistry. It essentially takes the basic Hartree–Fock molecular orbital method and constructs multi-electron wavefunctions using the exponential cluster operator to account for electron correlation. Some of the most accurate calculations for small to medium-sized molecules use this method.