Quantized Hamilton dynamics (QHD) is a simple and elegant extension of classical Hamilton dynamics that accurately includes zero-point energy, tunneling, dephasing, and other quantum effects. Formulated as a hierarchy of approximations to exact quantum dynamics in the Heisenberg formulation, QHD has been used to study evolution of observables subject to a single initial condition. In present, we develop a practical solution for generating canonical ensembles in the second-order QHD for position and momentum operators, which can be mapped onto classical phase space in doubled dimensionality and which in certain limits is equivalent to thawed Gaussian. We define a thermal distribution in the space of the QHD-2 variables and show that the standard beta=1/kT relationship becomes beta'=2/kT in the high temperature limit due to an overcounting of states in the extended phase space, and a more complicated function at low temperatures. The QHD thermal distribution is used to compute total energy, kinetic energy, heat capacity, and other canonical averages for a series of quartic potentials, showing good agreement with the quantum results.
A conceptually simple approximation to quantum mechanics, quantized Hamilton dynamics (QHD) includes zero-point energy, tunneling, dephasing, and other important quantum effects in a classical-like description. The hierarchy of coupled differential equations describing the time evolution of observables in QHD can be mapped in the second order onto a classical system with double the dimensionality of the original system. While QHD excels at dynamics with a single initial condition, the correct method for generating thermal initial conditions in QHD remains an open question. Using the coherent state representation of thermodynamics of the harmonic oscillator (HO) [Schnack, Europhys. Lett. 45, 647 (1999)], we develop canonical averaging for the second order QHD [Prezhdo, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 2995 (2002)]. The methodology is exact for the free particle and HO, and shows good agreement with quantum results for a variety of quartic potentials.
Starting with a quantum Langevin equation describing in the Heisenberg representation a quantum system coupled to a quantum bath, the Markov approximation and, further, the closure approximation are applied to derive a semiclassical Langevin equation for the second-order quantized Hamilton dynamics (QHD) coupled to a classical bath. The expectation values of the system operators are decomposed into products of the first and second moments of the position and momentum operators that incorporate zero-point energy and moderate tunneling effects. The random force and friction as well as the system-bath coupling are decomposed to the lowest classical level. The resulting Langevin equation describing QHD-2 coupled to classical bath is analyzed and applied to free particle, harmonic oscillator, and the Morse potential representing the OH stretch of the SPC-flexible water model.
The quantized Hamilton dynamics methodology [O. V. Prezhdo and Y. V. Pereverzev, J. Chem. Phys. 113, 6557 (2000)] is applied to the dynamics of the Morse potential using the SU(2) ladder operators. A number of closed analytic approximations are derived in the Heisenberg representation by performing semiclassical closures and using both exact and approximate correspondence between the ladder and position-momentum variables. In particular, analytic solutions are given for the exact classical dynamics of the Morse potential as well as a second-order semiclassical approximation to the quantum dynamics. The analytic approximations are illustrated with the O-H stretch of water and a Xe-Xe dimer. The results are extended further to coupled Morse oscillators representing a linear triatomic molecule. The reported analytic expressions can be used to accelerate classical molecular dynamics simulations of systems containing Morse interactions and to capture quantum-mechanical effects.
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