Special Session 116: Stochastic computing and structure preserving methods

A second-order Langevin sampler preserving positive volume for isothermal-isobaric ensemble

Lei Li
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Peoples Rep of China
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Abstract:
We propose a second-order Langevin sampler for the isothermal-isobaric ensemble (the NPT ensemble) for molecular simulations, preserving a positive volume for the simulation box throughout the simulation. The equations of motion are obtained by taking the cell mass to zero in the equations in our previous work. We show the well-posedness of the new system of equations. Choosing a suitable friction, the equation for the volume can be converted into an SDE with additive noise, based on which we design the second-order scheme.