[CPMD-list] path integral

[Axel Kohlmeyer]

>>> "II" == Ivan Ivanov <ivan_van_van at yahoo.com> writes:

II> Dear CPMD users,

II> 1.How do I select nuclei for PATH INTEGRAL
II> simulations?

II> e.g I want to treat only 1 nucleus as "quantum",
II> others behaving classically.

hello ivan,

may i ask, what would you want to achieve by that?

i don't think that you would save any significant 
computational effort by that. the way path integral
is implemented in cpmd, you basically run a 'regular' 
BO- or CP-MD simulation of the whole system for each 
replica. so it should not make a difference if only 
one or many of the nuclei are treated as 'quantum'.

II> The manual describes the situation where all nuclei
II> are
II> treated as "quantum".

II> 2. Does anyone have experience with using PATH
II> INTEGRAL 
II> SIMULATION coupled with using EXTERNAL POTENTIAL
II> option?

i don't know whether someone has tried this yet, but 
due to the way path integral is implemented (see above).
there is a good chance that i will work, or may only 
need rather small changes to the source code to make 
it work.

II> More generally - Is CPMD suitable for studying quantum
II> behaviour of nuclei under external electrostatic
II> field?

yes. you may want to contact Rodolphe Vuilleumier
<http://www.lptl.jussieu.fr/users/vuilleum/>, since
he has recently contributed some code for that kind 
of computation to the current cpmd development version.

hope this helps,
     axel kohlmeyer.

II> Thanks for your answers!
II> Iv








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