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  • Chemical Physics
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Photochemistry

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  • Nonadiabatic dynamics simulations are crucial for understanding ultrafast excited-state mechanisms in photochemical reactions.
  • Applications span energy, materials, and medicinal research, but high computational costs limit simulations to picoseconds.
  • Longer timescales are vital for capturing many photoactivated processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the performance of popular nonadiabatic dynamics methods for long-timescale simulations.
  • To compare multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree (MCTDH), multilayer MCTDH (ML-MCTDH), ab initio multiple spawning (AIMS), and fewest-switches surface hopping (FSSH).
  • To assess simulation accuracy for a multidimensional Spin-Boson model exhibiting long-timescale decay.

Main Methods:

  • Employed MCTDH, ML-MCTDH, AIMS, and FSSH methodologies.
  • Simulated excited-state dynamics of a weakly coupled multidimensional Spin-Boson model.
  • Focused on a model designed for long-timescale decay behavior.

Main Results:

  • All tested methods (MCTDH, ML-MCTDH, AIMS, FSSH) yielded qualitatively similar results.
  • Despite theoretical differences, the simulation outcomes were comparable.
  • Trajectory-based approaches demonstrated feasibility for extended timescale dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • Trajectory-based methods are viable for simulating long-timescale nonadiabatic dynamics.
  • These methods offer a path forward for studying slower photochemical processes.
  • Quantum dynamics simulations remain computationally prohibitive for extended timescales.