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Controlling energy conservation in quantum dynamics with independently moving basis functions: Application to multi-configuration Ehrenfest

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Application of the time-dependent variational principle to a linear combination of frozen-width Gaussians describing the nuclear wavefunction provides a formalism where the total energy is conserved. The computational downside of this formalism is that trajectories of individual Gaussians are solutions of a coupled system of differential equations, limiting implementation to serial propagation algorithms. To allow for parallelization and acceleration of the computation, independent trajectories based on simplified equations of motion were suggested. Unfortunately, within practical realizations involving finite Gaussian bases, this simplification leads to breaking the energy conservation. We offer a solution for this problem by using Lagrange multipliers to ensure the energy and norm conservation regardless of basis function trajectories or basis completeness. We illustrate our approach within the multi-configurational Ehrenfest method considering a linear vibronic coupling model.

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hal-03690111 , version 1 (07-06-2022)

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Mina Asaad, Loïc Joubert-Doriol, Artur F. Izmaylov. Controlling energy conservation in quantum dynamics with independently moving basis functions: Application to multi-configuration Ehrenfest. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022, 156 (20), pp.204121. ⟨10.1063/5.0087797⟩. ⟨hal-03690111⟩
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