This paper deals with the critical issue of approximating the pre-exponential factor in semiclas- sical molecular dynamics. The pre-exponential factor is important because it accounts for the quantum contribution to the semiclassical propagator of the classical Feynman path fluctuations. Pre-exponential factor approximations are necessary when chaotic or complex systems are simulated. We introduced pre-exponential factor approximations based either on analytical considerations or numerical regularization. The approximations are tested for power spectrum calculations of more and more chaotic model systems and on several molecules, for which exact quantum mechanical values are available. The results show that the pre-exponential factor approximations introduced are accurate enough to be safely employed for semiclassical simulations of complex systems.
The importance of the pre-exponential factor in semiclassical molecular dynamics / G. Di Liberto, M. Ceotto. - In: THE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 0021-9606. - 145:14(2016 Oct 13), pp. 144107.1-144107.18. [10.1063/1.4964308]
The importance of the pre-exponential factor in semiclassical molecular dynamics
G. Di LibertoPrimo
;M. CeottoUltimo
2016
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This paper deals with the critical issue of approximating the pre-exponential factor in semiclas- sical molecular dynamics. The pre-exponential factor is important because it accounts for the quantum contribution to the semiclassical propagator of the classical Feynman path fluctuations. Pre-exponential factor approximations are necessary when chaotic or complex systems are simulated. We introduced pre-exponential factor approximations based either on analytical considerations or numerical regularization. The approximations are tested for power spectrum calculations of more and more chaotic model systems and on several molecules, for which exact quantum mechanical values are available. The results show that the pre-exponential factor approximations introduced are accurate enough to be safely employed for semiclassical simulations of complex systems.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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