A gentle stochastic thermostat for molecular dynamics

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-277

  Leimkuhler, Ben ^a   Noorizadeh, Emad ^a   Theil, Florian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ergodicity; Hypoellipticity; Molecular dynamics; Nos Hoover thermostat; Temperature control

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349094280     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-009-9734-0     Document Type: Article

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