Onsager-Machlup action-based path sampling and its combination with replica exchange for diffusive and multiple pathways
Onsager-Machlup action-based path sampling and its combination with replica exchange for diffusive and multiple pathways
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DOI:
10.1063/1.3372802
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发表时间:
2010-04-07
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4.4
通讯作者:
Kidera, Akinori
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作者:
Fujisaki, Hiroshi;Shiga, Motoyuki;Kidera, Akinori
For sampling multiple pathways in a rugged energy landscape, we propose a novel action-based path sampling method using the Onsager-Machlup action functional. Inspired by the Fourier-path integral simulation of a quantum mechanical system, a path in Cartesian space is transformed into that in Fourier space, and an overdamped Langevin equation is derived for the Fourier components to achieve a canonical ensemble of the path at a finite temperature. To avoid "path trapping" around an initially guessed path, the path sampling method is further combined with a powerful sampling technique, the replica exchange method. The principle and algorithm of our method is numerically demonstrated for a model two-dimensional system with a bifurcated potential landscape. The results are compared with those of conventional transition path sampling and the equilibrium theory, and the error due to path discretization is also discussed.