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Quantum wave packet dynamics with trajectories: Implementation with adaptive Lagrangian grids

J. Chem. Phys. 113, 8898 (2000); doi:10.1063/1.1319988

Issue Date: 22 November 2000

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Robert E. Wyatt
Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712

Eric R. Bittner
Department of Chemistry, The University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
The quantum trajectory method was recently developed to solve the hydrodynamic equations of motion in the Lagrangian, moving-with-the-fluid, picture. In this approach, trajectories are integrated for fluid elements ("particles") moving under the influence of the combined force from the potential surface and the quantum potential. To accurately compute the quantum potential and the quantum force, it is necessary to obtain the derivatives of a function given only the values on the unstructured mesh defined by the particle locations. However, in some regions of space–time, the particle mesh shows compression and inflation associated with regions of large and small density, respectively. Inflation is especially severe near nodes in the wave function. In order to circumvent problems associated with highly nonuniform grids defined by the particle locations, adaptation of moving grids is introduced in this study. By changing the representation of the wave function in these local regions (which can be identified by diagnostic tools), propagation is possible to much longer times. These grid adaptation techniques are applied to the reflected portion of a wave packet scattering from an Eckart potential. ©2000 American Institute of Physics.
History: Received 14 July 2000; accepted 1 September 2000
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PACS
  • 47.11.+j
    Fluid dynamics Computational methods in fluid dynamics
  • 03.65.-w
    Quantum mechanics, field theories, and special relativity Quantum mechanics
  • 61.20.-p
    Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography Structure of liquids
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