Time Evolution of ML-MCTDH Wavefunctions II: Application of the Projector Splitting Integrator

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Autori principali: Lindoy, Lachlan P., Kloss, Benedikt, Reichman, David R.
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author Lindoy, Lachlan P.
Kloss, Benedikt
Reichman, David R.
author_facet Lindoy, Lachlan P.
Kloss, Benedikt
Reichman, David R.
contents The multi-layer multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree (ML-MCTDH) approach suffers from numerical instabilities whenever the wavefunction is weakly entangled. These instabilities arise from singularities in the equations of motion (EOMs) and necessitate the use of a regularization parameter. The Projector Splitting Integrator (PSI) has previously been presented as an approach for evolving ML-MCTDH wavefunctions that is free of singularities. Here we will discuss the implementation of the multi-layer PSI with a particular focus on how the steps required relate to those required to implement standard ML-MCTDH. We demonstrate the efficiency and stability of the PSI for large ML-MCTDH wavefunctions containing up to hundreds of thousands of nodes by considering a series of spin-boson models with up to $10^6$ bath modes, and find that for these problems the PSI requires roughly 3-4 orders of magnitude fewer Hamiltonian evaluations and 2-3 orders of magnitude fewer Hamiltonian applications than standard ML-MCTDH, and 2-3/1-2 orders of magnitude fewer evaluations/applications than approaches that use improved regularization schemes. Finally, we consider a series of significantly more challenging multi-spin-boson models that require much larger numbers of single-particle functions with wavefunctions containing up to $\sim 1.3\times 10^9$ parameters to obtain accurate dynamics.
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spellingShingle Time Evolution of ML-MCTDH Wavefunctions II: Application of the Projector Splitting Integrator
Lindoy, Lachlan P.
Kloss, Benedikt
Reichman, David R.
Chemical Physics
The multi-layer multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree (ML-MCTDH) approach suffers from numerical instabilities whenever the wavefunction is weakly entangled. These instabilities arise from singularities in the equations of motion (EOMs) and necessitate the use of a regularization parameter. The Projector Splitting Integrator (PSI) has previously been presented as an approach for evolving ML-MCTDH wavefunctions that is free of singularities. Here we will discuss the implementation of the multi-layer PSI with a particular focus on how the steps required relate to those required to implement standard ML-MCTDH. We demonstrate the efficiency and stability of the PSI for large ML-MCTDH wavefunctions containing up to hundreds of thousands of nodes by considering a series of spin-boson models with up to $10^6$ bath modes, and find that for these problems the PSI requires roughly 3-4 orders of magnitude fewer Hamiltonian evaluations and 2-3 orders of magnitude fewer Hamiltonian applications than standard ML-MCTDH, and 2-3/1-2 orders of magnitude fewer evaluations/applications than approaches that use improved regularization schemes. Finally, we consider a series of significantly more challenging multi-spin-boson models that require much larger numbers of single-particle functions with wavefunctions containing up to $\sim 1.3\times 10^9$ parameters to obtain accurate dynamics.
title Time Evolution of ML-MCTDH Wavefunctions II: Application of the Projector Splitting Integrator
topic Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.03134