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Trond S Ingebrigtsen¹, Søren Toxvaerd, Thomas B Schrøder

¹DNRF Centre Glass and Time, IMFUFA, Department of Sciences, Roskilde University, Postbox 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.

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New NVU dynamics simulations match standard NVE dynamics for liquids, showing equivalence in thermodynamic limits. All five simulated dynamics, including stochastic methods, demonstrate similar behavior at low temperatures and long times.

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Area of Science:

Computational physics
Chemical physics
Statistical mechanics

Background:

The development of novel simulation algorithms is crucial for advancing molecular dynamics.
Understanding the behavior of liquids under different dynamic conditions is essential for materials science.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the results of NVU (Navigating Velocity-dependent potential Uniformly) dynamics simulations with four other established dynamics.
To investigate the equivalence of NVU dynamics to Newtonian (NVE) and other stochastic dynamics in modeling liquid behavior.

Main Methods:

Simulations were performed using NVU dynamics and compared against Newtonian NVE dynamics, Monte Carlo, diffusive dynamics, and Nosé-Hoover NVT dynamics.
Systems studied included the Kob-Andersen binary Lennard-Jones liquid, its WCA version, and the Lennard-Jones Gaussian liquid.
Key quantities analyzed were radial distribution functions, incoherent intermediate scattering functions, and mean-square displacement.

Main Results:

NVU dynamics yielded identical results to NVE dynamics for all probed quantities across different liquid models.
Theoretical arguments support the equivalence of NVU and NVE dynamics in the thermodynamic limit.
When time-scaled, NVU, NVE, Monte Carlo, diffusive, and Nosé-Hoover NVT dynamics showed equivalence at low temperatures, except for short-time deviations.

Conclusions:

NVU dynamics is shown to be equivalent to standard NVE dynamics for modeling liquid behavior, particularly in the thermodynamic limit.
The study demonstrates the broad applicability of NVU dynamics by comparing it to various deterministic and stochastic methods.
These findings suggest NVU dynamics is a viable and equivalent alternative for simulating complex liquid systems.