Computer Simulation - a Key Technology / 1: |
From the Schrodinger Equation to Molecular Dynamics / 2: |
The Schrodinger Equation / 2.1: |
A Derivation of Classical Molecular Dynamics / 2.2: |
TDSCF Approach and Ehrenfest Molecular Dynamics / 2.2.1: |
Expansion in the Adiabatic Basis / 2.2.2: |
Restriction to the Ground State / 2.2.3: |
Approximation of the Potential Energy Hypersurface / 2.2.4: |
An Outlook on Methods of Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics / 2.3: |
The Linked Cell Method for Short-Range Potentials / 3: |
Time Discretization - the Stormer-Verlet Method / 3.1: |
Implementation of the Basic Algorithm / 3.2: |
The Cutoff Radius / 3.3: |
The Linked Cell Method / 3.4: |
Implementation of the Linked Cell Method / 3.5: |
First Application Examples and Extensions / 3.6: |
Collision of Two Bodies I / 3.6.1: |
Collision of Two Bodies II / 3.6.2: |
Density Gradient / 3.6.3: |
Rayleigh-Taylor Instability / 3.6.4: |
Rayleigh-Benard Convection / 3.6.5: |
Surface Waves in Granular Materials / 3.6.6: |
Thermostats, Ensembles, and Applications / 3.7: |
Thermostats and Equilibration / 3.7.1: |
Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamic Quantities / 3.7.2: |
Phase Transition of Argon in the NVT Ensemble / 3.7.3: |
The Parrinello-Rahman Method / 3.7.4: |
Phase Transition of Argon in the NPT Ensemble / 3.7.5: |
Parallelization / 4: |
Parallel Computers and Parallelization Strategies / 4.1: |
Domain Decomposition for the Linked Cell Method / 4.2: |
Implementation / 4.3: |
Performance Measurements and Benchmarks / 4.4: |
Application Examples / 4.5: |
Collision of Two Bodies / 4.5.1: |
Extensions to More Complex Potentials and Molecules / 4.5.2: |
Many-Body Potentials / 5.1: |
Cracks in Metals - Finnis-Sinclair Potential / 5.1.1: |
Phase Transition in Metals - EAM Potential / 5.1.2: |
Fullerenes and Nanotubes - Brenner Potential / 5.1.3: |
Potentials with Fixed Bond Structures / 5.2: |
Membranes and Minimal Surfaces / 5.2.1: |
Systems of Linear Molecules / 5.2.2: |
Outlook to More Complex Molecules / 5.2.3: |
Time Integration Methods / 6: |
Errors of the Time Integration / 6.1: |
Symplectic Methods / 6.2: |
Multiple Time Step Methods - the Impulse Method / 6.3: |
Constraints - the RATTLE Algorithm / 6.4: |
Mesh-Based Methods for Long-Range Potentials / 7: |
Solution of the Potential Equation / 7.1: |
Boundary Conditions / 7.1.1: |
Potential Equation and Potential Decomposition / 7.1.2: |
Decomposition of the Potential Energy and of the Forces / 7.1.3: |
Short-Range and Long-Range Energy and Force Terms / 7.2: |
Short-Range Terms - Linked Cell Method / 7.2.1: |
Long-Range Terms - Fast Poisson Solvers / 7.2.2: |
Some Variants / 7.2.3: |
Smooth Particle-Mesh Ewald Method (SPME) / 7.3: |
Short-Range Terms / 7.3.1: |
Long-Range Terms / 7.3.2: |
Implementation of the SPME method / 7.3.3: |
Application Examples and Extensions / 7.4: |
Rayleigh-Taylor Instability with Coulomb Potential / 7.4.1: |
Phase Transition in Ionic Microcrystals / 7.4.2: |
Water as a Molecular System / 7.4.3: |
Parallelization of the SPME Method / 7.5: |
Example Application: Structure of the Universe / 7.5.2: |
Tree Algorithms for Long-Range Potentials / 8: |
Series Expansion of the Potential / 8.1: |
Tree Structures for the Decomposition of the Far Field / 8.2: |
Particle-Cluster Interactions and the Barnes-Hut Method / 8.3: |
Method / 8.3.1: |
Applications from Astrophysics / 8.3.2: |
Parallel Tree Methods / 8.4: |
An Implementation with Keys / 8.4.1: |
Dynamical Load Balancing / 8.4.2: |
Data Distribution with Space-Filling Curves / 8.4.3: |
Applications / 8.4.4: |
Methods of Higher Order / 8.5: |
Cluster-Cluster Interactions and the Fast Multipole Method / 8.5.1: |
Error Estimate / 8.6.1: |
Comparisons and Outlook / 8.6.4: |
Applications from Biochemistry and Biophysics / 9: |
Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor / 9.1: |
Membranes / 9.2: |
Peptides and Proteins / 9.3: |
Protein-Ligand Complex and Bonding / 9.4: |
Prospects / 10: |
Appendix / A: |
Newton's, Hamilton's, and Euler-Lagrange's Equations / A.1: |
Suggestions for Coding and Visualization / A.2: |
Parallelization by MPI / A.3: |
Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution / A.4: |
Parameters / A.5: |
References |
Index |
Computer Simulation - a Key Technology / 1: |
From the Schrodinger Equation to Molecular Dynamics / 2: |
The Schrodinger Equation / 2.1: |
A Derivation of Classical Molecular Dynamics / 2.2: |
TDSCF Approach and Ehrenfest Molecular Dynamics / 2.2.1: |
Expansion in the Adiabatic Basis / 2.2.2: |