Reaching extended length scales and time scales in atomistic simulations via spatially parallel temperature-accelerated dynamics

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Shim, Yunsic ^a   Amar, Jacques G ^a   Uberuaga, B P ^b   Voter, A F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 36749059463     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.205439     Document Type: Article

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