Ehrenfest dynamics with localized atomic-orbital basis sets within the projector augmented-wave method

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Autori principali: Zobač, Vladimír, Kuisma, Mikael, Larsen, Ask Hjorth, Rossi, Tuomas, Susi, Toma
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author Zobač, Vladimír
Kuisma, Mikael
Larsen, Ask Hjorth
Rossi, Tuomas
Susi, Toma
author_facet Zobač, Vladimír
Kuisma, Mikael
Larsen, Ask Hjorth
Rossi, Tuomas
Susi, Toma
contents Density functional theory with linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO) basis sets is useful for studying large atomic systems, especially when it comes to computationally highly demanding time-dependent dynamics. We have implemented the Ehrenfest molecular dynamics (ED) method with the approximate approach of Tomfohr and Sankey within the projector augmented-wave code GPAW. We apply this method to small molecules as well as larger periodic systems, and elucidate its limits, advantages, and disadvantages in comparison to the existing implementation of Ehrenfest dynamics with a real-space grid representation. For modest atomic velocities, LCAO-ED shows satisfactory accuracy at a much reduced computational cost. This method will be particularly useful for modeling ion irradiation processes that require large amounts of vacuum in the simulation cell.
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spellingShingle Ehrenfest dynamics with localized atomic-orbital basis sets within the projector augmented-wave method
Zobač, Vladimír
Kuisma, Mikael
Larsen, Ask Hjorth
Rossi, Tuomas
Susi, Toma
Materials Science
Density functional theory with linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO) basis sets is useful for studying large atomic systems, especially when it comes to computationally highly demanding time-dependent dynamics. We have implemented the Ehrenfest molecular dynamics (ED) method with the approximate approach of Tomfohr and Sankey within the projector augmented-wave code GPAW. We apply this method to small molecules as well as larger periodic systems, and elucidate its limits, advantages, and disadvantages in comparison to the existing implementation of Ehrenfest dynamics with a real-space grid representation. For modest atomic velocities, LCAO-ED shows satisfactory accuracy at a much reduced computational cost. This method will be particularly useful for modeling ion irradiation processes that require large amounts of vacuum in the simulation cell.
title Ehrenfest dynamics with localized atomic-orbital basis sets within the projector augmented-wave method
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.00168