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| العنوان: |
Interpolated potential energy surfaces: How accurate do the second derivatives have to be? |
| المؤلفون: |
Crittenden, D. L., Jordan, M. J. T. |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Chemical Physics; 1/22/2005, Vol. 122 Issue 4, p044102, 6p, 1 Diagram, 4 Charts, 5 Graphs |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
POTENTIAL energy surfaces, QUANTUM chemistry, NUMERICAL integration, SOLUTION (Chemistry), INTERPOLATION, MATRICES (Mathematics) |
| مستخلص: |
A global potential energy surface for the water dimer is constructed using the modified Shepard interpolation scheme of Collins et al. According to this interpolation scheme, the energy at an arbitrary geometry is expressed as a weighted sum of Taylor series expansions from neighboring data points, where the energy and derivative data required are obtained from ab initio calculations. For some ab initio methods, errors are introduced into the second derivative matrix, either by numerical differencing of ab initio energies or numerical integration during the ab initio calculation. Therefore, we test the accuracy required of the second derivative data by truncation of the exact second derivatives to a series of approximate second derivatives, and assess the effect on the results of a quantum diffusion Monte Carlo (QDMC) simulation. Our results show that the calculated zero-point energy and wave function histograms converge to within the numerical uncertainty of the QDMC simulation by inclusion of either three significant figures or three decimal places in the second derivatives. © 2005 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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