Preface |
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1 Introduction to Computer Simulations of Molecules and Condensed Matter |
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1.1 Born-Oppenheimer Approximation and the Born-Oppenheimer Potential Energy Surface |
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1.2 Categorization of the Tasks in Computer Simulations of Molecules and Condensed Matters |
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1.2.1 Electronic Structure Calculations |
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1.2.2 Geometry Optimization, Stationary Points on PES, Local Minimum, and Transition State |
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1.2.3 Metastable State and Transition State Searching |
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1.2.4 Molecular Dynamics for the Thermal Effects |
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1.2.5 Extensions of MD: Enhanced Sampling and Free Energy Calculations |
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1.2.6 Path Integral Simulations for the Quantum Nuclear Effects |
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2 Quantum Chemistry Methods and Density-Functional Theory |
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2.1 Wave Function-Based Method |
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2.1.1 The Hartree and Hartree-Fock Approximations |
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2.1.2 Beyond the Hartree-Fock Approximation |
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2.2 Density-Functional Theory |
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2.2.1 Thomas-Fermi Theory |
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2.2.2 Density-Functional Theory |
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2.2.3 Exchange-Correlation Energy |
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2.2.4 Interpretation of the Kohn-Sham Energies |
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3 Pseudopotentials, Full Potential, and Basis Sets |
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3.1 Pseudopotential Method |
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3.1.1 Generation of the Pseudopotential |
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3.1.2 Implicit Approximations |
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3.1.2.2 Core-Valence Linearization |
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3.2.1 LAPW Basis Functions |
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3.2.2 APW+lo Basis Functions |
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3.2.4 Potential and Density |
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4 Many-Body Green's Function Theory and the GW Approximation |
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4.1 Green's Function Method |
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4.1.1 The Green's Function |
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4.1.3 Self-Energy: Hedin Equations |
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4.1.4 The Quasi-Particle Concept |
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58 | (3) |
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4.4 Numerical Implementation of an All-Electron G0W0 Code: FHI-Gap |
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4.4.1 Summary of the G0W0 Equations |
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4.4.3 Matrix Form of the G0W0 Equations |
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4.4.4 Brillouin-Zone Integration of the Polarization |
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4.4.5 The Frequency Integration |
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5.1 Introduction to Molecular Dynamics |
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5.1.1 The Verlet Algorithm |
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5.1.2 The Velocity Verlet Algorithm |
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5.1.3 The Leap Frog Algorithm |
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5.2.1 Andersen Thermostat |
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5.2.2 Nose-Hoover Thermostat |
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5.2.4 Langevin Thermostat |
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5.2.5 Andersen and Parrinello-Rahman Barostats |
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5.3 Examples for Practical Simulations in Real Poly-Atomic Systems |
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107 | (6) |
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6 Extension of Molecular Dynamics, Enhanced Sampling and the Free-Energy Calculations |
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6.1 Umbrella Sampling and Adaptive Umbrella Sampling Methods |
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6.3 Integrated Tempering Sampling |
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126 | (3) |
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6.4 Thermodynamic Integration |
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7 Quantum Nuclear Effects |
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7.1 Path Integral Molecular Simulations |
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7.1.1 Path Integral Representation of the Propagator |
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7.1.2 Path Integral Representation of the Density Matrix |
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7.1.3 Statistical Mechanics: Path Integral Molecular Simulations |
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7.1.4 Staging and Normal-Mode Transformations |
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7.1.5 Evaluation of the Zero-Point Energy |
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7.2 Extensions Beyond the Statistical Studies |
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7.2.1 Different Semiclassical Dynamical Methods |
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7.2.2 Centroid Molecular Dynamics and Ring-Polymer Molecular Dynamics |
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7.3 Free Energy with Anharmonic QNEs |
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7.4.1 Impact of QNEs on Structures of the Water-Hydroxyl Overlayers on Transition Metal Surfaces |
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188 | (8) |
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7.4.2 Impact of Quantum Nuclear Effects on the Strength of Hydrogen Bonds |
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7.4.3 Quantum Simulation of the Low-Temperature Metallic Liquid Hydrogen |
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Appendix A Useful Mathematical Relations |
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A.4 Spherical Coordinates |
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A.5 The Step(Heaviside) Function |
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Appendix B Expansion of a Non-Local Function |
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223 | (4) |
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Appendix C The Brillouin-Zone Integration |
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C.1 The Linear Tetrahedron Method |
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C.1.1 The Isoparametric Transfromation |
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C.1.2 Integrals in One Tetrahedron |
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C.1.3 The Integration Weights |
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C.2 Tetrahedron Method for q-Dependent Brillouin-Zone Integration |
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C.2.1 Isoparametric Transformation |
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235 | (1) |
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C.2.2 The Integration Region |
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237 | (1) |
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C.2.3.1 Polarizability on the Real Frequency Axis |
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238 | (2) |
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C.2.3.2 Polarizability on the Imaginary Frequency Axis |
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240 | (3) |
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Appendix D The Frequency Integration |
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References |
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Acknowledgements |
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Index |
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