Non-empirical weighted Langevin mechanics for the potential escape problem: Parallel algorithm and application to the Argon clusters

Yuri S. Nagornov and Ryosuke Akashi

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2019, vol. 528, issue C

Abstract: Recently a non-empirical stochastic walker algorithm has been developed to search for the minimum-energy escape paths (MEP) from the minima of the potential surface (Akashi and Nagornov, 2018). This algorithm is novel in that it tracks the MEP monotonically and does not use the whole Hessian matrix but only gradient and Laplacian of the potential. In this work, we implement an parallelized version of this algorithm in a simple way. We also explore efficient ways to reduce the number of walkers required for the accurate tracking of the MEP and generate initial positions automatically. We apply the whole scheme to the Lennard-Jones argon cluster with 7–38 atoms to demonstrate the successful tracking of the reaction paths. This achievement paves the path to non-empirical simulation of rare reactions without coarse-graining or artificial potential.

Keywords: Reaction paths; Hyperdynamics; Non-empirical scheme; Minimum-energy escape paths; Potential surface; Stochastic algorithm; Parallel implementation; Argon cluster (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2019.121481

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