Path-integral approximations to quantum dynamics

SC Althorpe - The European Physical Journal B, 2021 - Springer
Imaginary-time path-integral or 'ring-polymer'methods have been used to simulate quantum
(Boltzmann) statistical properties since the 1980s. This article reviews the more recent …

New phase space formulations and quantum dynamics approaches

X He, B Wu, Y Shang, B Li, X Cheng… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We report recent progress on the phase space formulation of quantum mechanics with
coordinate‐momentum variables, focusing more on new theory of (weighted) constraint …

Learning the electronic density of states in condensed matter

C Ben Mahmoud, A Anelli, G Csányi, M Ceriotti - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
The electronic density of states (DOS) quantifies the distribution of the energy levels that can
be occupied by electrons in a quasiparticle picture and is central to modern electronic …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum dynamics using path integral coarse-graining

F Musil, I Zaporozhets, F Noé, C Clementi… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The vibrational spectra of condensed and gas-phase systems are influenced by thequantum-
mechanical behavior of light nuclei. Full-dimensional simulations of approximate quantum …

Path-integral dynamics of water using curvilinear centroids

G Trenins, MJ Willatt, SC Althorpe - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We develop a path-integral dynamics method for water that resembles centroid molecular
dynamics (CMD), except that the centroids are averages of curvilinear, rather than …

Inexpensive modeling of quantum dynamics using path integral generalized Langevin equation thermostats

V Kapil, DM Wilkins, J Lan, M Ceriotti - The Journal of chemical physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The properties of molecules and materials containing light nuclei are affected by their
quantum mechanical nature. Accurate modeling of these quantum nuclear effects requires …

Which quantum statistics–classical dynamics method is best for water?

RL Benson, G Trenins, SC Althorpe - Faraday Discussions, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
There are a variety of methods for including nuclear quantum effects in dynamics
simulations by combining quantum Boltzmann statistics with classical dynamics. Among …

Efficient quantum vibrational spectroscopy of water with high-order path integrals: From bulk to interfaces

S Shepherd, J Lan, DM Wilkins… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Vibrational spectroscopy is key in probing the interplay between the structure and dynamics
of aqueous systems. To map different regions of experimental spectra to the microscopic …

[HTML][HTML] On the “Matsubara heating” of overtone intensities and Fermi splittings

RL Benson, SC Althorpe - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Classical molecular dynamics (MD) and imaginary-time path-integral dynamics methods
underestimate the infrared absorption intensities of overtone and combination bands by …

Instantons and the quantum bound to chaos

VG Sadhasivam, L Meuser… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The rate at which information scrambles in a quantum system can be quantified using out-of-
time-ordered correlators. A remarkable prediction is that the associated Lyapunov exponent …