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Localized saddle-point search and application to temperature-accelerated dynamics.

Yunsic Shim¹, Nathan B Callahan, Jacques G Amar

¹Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606, USA.

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|March 15, 2013

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We developed a localized saddle-point (LSAD) search to accelerate temperature-accelerated dynamics (TAD) simulations. This method significantly improves computational efficiency for large systems, maintaining accuracy in energy barrier calculations.

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Area of Science:

Computational materials science
Surface science
Chemical physics

Background:

Temperature-accelerated dynamics (TAD) simulations are crucial for studying activated processes in materials.
Accurate determination of energy barriers is computationally intensive for large systems.
Existing methods often face challenges with system size scalability.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel method for accelerating TAD simulations.
To reduce the computational cost of saddle-point searches in large systems.
To analyze the accuracy and performance of the proposed method.

Main Methods:

Implementation of a localized saddle-point (LSAD) search within TAD simulations.
Localization of energy barrier calculations to a small subset of atoms involved in a transition.
Validation using model systems including Ag(100) and Cu(100) surfaces, Cu radiation damage, and metal heteroepitaxial growth.

Main Results:

Achieved N-independent scaling for saddle-point search computational cost with system size N.
Demonstrated significantly improved performance for Ag/Ag(100) annealing and Cu/Cu(100) growth simulations.
Quantified and confirmed negligibly small errors in energy barrier calculations due to localization.

Conclusions:

The LSAD method offers a substantial performance enhancement for TAD simulations.
This approach effectively addresses the scalability limitations of traditional methods.
LSAD provides a computationally efficient and accurate tool for materials simulation.