Higher-order symplectic integration in Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics

Anders Odell1, Anna Delin, Börje Johansson

  • 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Materials Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm SE-100 44, Sweden. odell@mse.kth.se

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