Frozen Gaussian approximation with surface hopping for mixed quantum-classical dynamics: a mathematical justification of fewest switches surface hopping algorithms

DOI10.1090/MCOM/3310zbMATH Open1478.65007arXiv1602.06459OpenAlexW2963874414MaRDI QIDQ4640319FDOQ4640319

Authors: Zhennan Zhou, Jianfeng Lu 

Publication date: 17 May 2018

Published in: Mathematics of Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We develop a surface hopping algorithm based on frozen Gaussian approximation for semiclassical matrix Schr"odinger equations, in the spirit of Tully's fewest switches surface hopping method. The algorithm is asymptotically derived from the Schr"odinger equation with rigorous approximation error analysis. The resulting algorithm can be viewed as a path integral stochastic representation of the semiclassical matrix Schr"odinger equations. Our results provide mathematical understanding to and shed new light on the important class of surface hopping methods in theoretical and computational chemistry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.06459

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zbMATH Keywords

Gaussian approximationSchrödinger equationpath integral stochastic representationsurface hopping algorithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Spectral, collocation and related methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M70)

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