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The combination of transfer learning (TL) a low level potential energy surface (PES) to a higher level of electronic structure theory together with ring-polymer instanton (RPI) theory is explored and applied to malonaldehyde. The RPI…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-08-03 Silvan Käser , Jeremy O. Richardson , Markus Meuwly

We introduce an approach for calculating perturbative corrections to the ring-polymer instanton approximation to tunneling splittings (RPI+PC), by computing higher-order terms in the asymptotic expansion in $\hbar$. The resulting method…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-07-07 Joseph E. Lawrence , Jindrich Dusek , Jeremy O. Richardson

We develop a new simulation technique based on path-integral molecular dynamics for calculating ground-state tunneling splitting patterns from ratios of symmetrized partition functions. In particular, molecular systems are rigorously…

We extend our previous symmetrized path-integral molecular dynamics approach to calculate tunneling splittings of molecules in rotationally excited states. In this new formalism, the system is rigorously projected onto selected rotational…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-04-15 Lea Zupan , Yu-Chen Wang , Jeremy O. Richardson

Proton tunneling across hydrogen bonds is a fundamental quantum effect with implications for spectroscopy, catalysis, and biomolecular stability. While state-of-the-art instanton and path-integral methods provide accurate multidimensional…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-11-05 Krishna Kingkar Pathak

The quantum mechanical tunneling through multiple quantum barriers is a long-standing and well-known problem. Three methods proposed earlier to calculate the tunneling probabilities and energy splitting: (1). Instanton Method (2) WKb…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-05-08 Jatindranath Gain

We report an improved method for the calculation of tunneling splittings between degenerate configurations in molecules and clusters using path-integral molecular dynamics (PIMD). Starting from an expression involving a ratio of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 C L Vaillant , D J Wales , S C Althorpe

A path-integral hybrid Monte Carlo approach with enveloping bridging potentials (PIHMC-EBP) is proposed for calculating numerically exact tunneling splittings in molecular systems. The central idea is to construct an approximately…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-04-15 Yu-Chen Wang , Jeremy O. Richardson

The long term scaling prospects for solid-state quantum computing architectures relies heavily on the ability to simply and reliably measure and control the coherent electron interaction strength, known as the tunnel coupling, $t_c$. Here,…

Strong electric fields can be used to align molecules. However, a non-polar molecule such as H$_2$ has no preference for its orientation. There are thus two equivalent configurations with equal energy separated by a potential-energy…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-12-02 J. Amira Geuther , Marit R. Fiechter , Jeremy O. Richardson

This paper presents results of numerical simulations of electron tunneling through water that extend our previous calculations on such systems in several ways. First, a tip-substrate configuration is used; second, calculations are carried…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-09-28 Michael Galperin , Abraham Nitzan , Ilan Benjamin

The integration of density functional theory (DFT) with machine learning enables efficient \textit{ab initio} electronic structure calculations for ultra-large systems. In this work, we develop a transfer learning framework tailored for…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-23 Ting Bao , Ning Mao , Wenhui Duan , Yong Xu , Adrian Del Maestro , Yang Zhang

We study electron transfer between two separated nuclei using local control theory. By conditioning the algorithm in a symmetric system formed by two protons, one can favored slow transfer processes, where tunneling is the main mechanism,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-18 Patricia Vindel-Zandbergen , Christoph Meier , Ignacio R. Sola

Numerical studies are presented to assess error estimates for a separable (Hartree) approximation for dynamically evolving composite quantum systems which exhibit distinct scales defined by their mass and frequency ratios. The relevant…

A multidimensional semiclassical method for calculating tunneling splittings in vibrationally excited states of molecules using Cartesian coordinates is developed. It is an extension of the theory by Mil'nikov and Nakamura [$\textit{ J.…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Mihael Eraković , Marko T. Cvitaš

Quantum--Mechanical methods that are both computationally fast and accurate are not yet available for electronic excitations having charge transfer character. In this work, we present a significant step forward towards this goal for those…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Michele Pavanello , Troy Van Voorhis , Lucas Visscher , Johannes Neugebauer

We address the double hydrogen transfer (DHT) dynamics of the porphycene molecule: A complex paradigmatic system where the making and breaking of H-bonds in a highly anharmonic potential energy surface requires a quantum mechanical…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-02-05 Yair Litman , Jeremy O. Richardson , Takashi Kumagai , Mariana Rossi

The infrared spectroscopy and proton transfer dynamics together with the associated tunneling splittings for H/D-transfer in oxalate are investigated using a machine learning-based potential energy surface (PES) of CCSD(T) quality,…

Calculating intermolecular charge transfer integrals in organic semiconductors requires substantial computer resource for each individual calculation. We might alternatively construct a machine learning model for transfer integrals, which…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-11-11 Keerati Keeratikarn , Christoph Ortner , Jarvist Moore Frost

It is commonly believed that it is unfavourable for adsorbed H atoms on carbonaceous surfaces to form H$_2$ without the help of incident H atoms. Using ring-polymer instanton theory to describe multidimensional tunnelling effects, combined…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-04-05 Erxun Han , Wei Fang , Michail Stamatakis , Jeremy O. Richardson , Ji Chen
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