The hybrid quantum trajectory/electronic structure DFTB-based approach to molecular dynamics

Lei Wang, James W. Mazzuca, Sophya Garashchuk, Jacek Jakowski

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Abstract

This paper describes a quantum trajectory (QT) approach to molecular dynamics with quantum corrections on behav-ior of the nuclei interfaced with the on-the-y evaluation of electronic structure (ES). Nuclear wavefunction is repre-sented by an ensemble of trajectories, concurrently propa-gated in time under the in uence of the quantum and classi-cal forces. For scalability to high-dimensional systems (hun-dreds of degrees of freedom), the quantum force is computed within the Linearized Quantum Force (LQF) approximation. The classical force is determined from the ES calculations, performed at the Density Functional Tight Binding (DFTB) level. High throughput DFTB version is implemented in a massively parallel environment using Open MP/MPI. The dynamics has also been extended to describe the Boltzmann (imaginary-time) evolution defining temperature of a molec-ular system. The combined QTES-DFTB code has been used to study reaction dynamics of systems consisting of up to 111 atoms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the XSEDE 2014 Conference
Subtitle of host publicationEngaging Communities
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Print)9781450328937
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2014 Annual Conference on Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment, XSEDE 2014 - Atlanta, GA, United States
Duration: Jul 13 2014Jul 18 2014

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference2014 Annual Conference on Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment, XSEDE 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta, GA
Period07/13/1407/18/14

Keywords

  • ACM Proceedings
  • Density functional tight bind-ing
  • Dynamics
  • Electronic structure
  • Quantum trajec-tory
  • Scientific-computing

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