Advanced Langevin thermostats: Properties, extensions to rheology, and a lean momentum-conserving approach

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Main Authors: Agarwal, Shubham, Sukhomlinov, Sergey V., Honecker, Marc, Müser, Martin H.
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author Agarwal, Shubham
Sukhomlinov, Sergey V.
Honecker, Marc
Müser, Martin H.
author_facet Agarwal, Shubham
Sukhomlinov, Sergey V.
Honecker, Marc
Müser, Martin H.
contents The Langevin equation accounts for unresolved bath degrees of freedom driving the system toward the bath temperature. Because of this, numerical solutions of the Langevin equation have a long history. Here, we recapitulate, combine, and extend existing Langevin-equation based thermostats, scrutinize their properties and demonstrate their superiority over global kinetic-energy controls. Our work includes compact, asymptotic-analysis based derivations of stochastic thermostats, including the highly accurate Grønbech-Jensen scheme. Proposed extensions include a precise, colored and a lean, momentum-conserving thermostat.
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spellingShingle Advanced Langevin thermostats: Properties, extensions to rheology, and a lean momentum-conserving approach
Agarwal, Shubham
Sukhomlinov, Sergey V.
Honecker, Marc
Müser, Martin H.
Statistical Mechanics
Materials Science
Soft Condensed Matter
The Langevin equation accounts for unresolved bath degrees of freedom driving the system toward the bath temperature. Because of this, numerical solutions of the Langevin equation have a long history. Here, we recapitulate, combine, and extend existing Langevin-equation based thermostats, scrutinize their properties and demonstrate their superiority over global kinetic-energy controls. Our work includes compact, asymptotic-analysis based derivations of stochastic thermostats, including the highly accurate Grønbech-Jensen scheme. Proposed extensions include a precise, colored and a lean, momentum-conserving thermostat.
title Advanced Langevin thermostats: Properties, extensions to rheology, and a lean momentum-conserving approach
topic Statistical Mechanics
Materials Science
Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15579