Comment on the phase problem in the semiclassical Langevin simulations of the Davydov system

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 297-304

  Cruzeiro Hansson, Leonor ^a   Kenkre, V M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE;

DAVYDOV SYSTEM; LOCALIZED STATES; QUANTUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS; RANDOM PHASES POSTULATE; SEMICLASSICAL LANGEVIN SIMULATIONS; THERMAL BATH; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM; THERMALIZATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030124368     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4754(95)00039-9     Document Type: Review

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