Quantum dynamics simulation of electrons in materials on high-performance computers

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 54-60

  Schleife, Andre ^a   Draeger, Erik W ^b   Anisimov, Victor M ^c   Correa, Alfredo A ^b   Kanai, Yosuke ^d  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

computational materials science; high performance computing; HPC; quantum electron dynamics; scientific computing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; HPC; QUANTUM DYNAMICS SIMULATION; QUANTUM ELECTRON DYNAMICS;

NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 84908090547     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2014.55     Document Type: Article

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