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Design of quasi-symplectic propagators for Langevin dynamics

Computational Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

A vector field splitting approach is discussed for the systematic derivation of numerical propagators for deterministic dynamics. Based on the formalism, a class of numerical integrators for Langevin dynamics are presented for single and multiple timestep algorithms.

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@article{arxiv.0705.1844,
  title  = {Design of quasi-symplectic propagators for Langevin dynamics},
  author = {Simone Melchionna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.1844},
  year   = {2009}
}