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Computation of Atmospheric Concentrations of Molecular Clusters from ab initio Thermochemistry
Published on: April 8, 2020
Comparing thermal wave function methods for multi-configuration time-dependent Hartree simulations
1Universität Potsdam, Institut für Chemie, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
Abstract:
We compare two methods for creating stochastic temperature wave functions that can be used for Multi-Configuration Time-Dependent Hartree (MCTDH) simulations. In the first method, the MCTDH coefficients are chosen randomly, while the other method uses a single Hartree product of random single-particle functions (SPFs). We find that using random SPFs dramatically improves convergence for a model system for surface sticking.
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