Stochastic quantum molecular dynamics for finite and extended systems
Materials Science
2012-12-27 v1 Chemical Physics
Abstract
We present a detailed account of the technical aspects of stochastic quantum molecular dynamics, an approach introduced recently by the authors [H. Appel and M. Di Ventra, Phys. Rev. B 80 212303 (2009)] to describe coupled electron-ion dynamics in open quantum systems. As example applications of the method we consider both finite systems with and without ionic motion, as well as describe its applicability to extended systems in the limit of classical ions. The latter formulation allows the study of important phenomena such as decoherence and energy relaxation in bulk systems and surfaces in the presence of time-dependent fields.
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@article{arxiv.1101.3079,
title = {Stochastic quantum molecular dynamics for finite and extended systems},
author = {Heiko Appel and Massimiliano Di Ventra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.3079},
year = {2012}
}