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Title: PathSum : A C++ and Fortran suite of fully quantum mechanical real-time path integral methods for (multi-)system + bath dynamics
This paper reports the release of PathSum, a new software suite of state-of-the-art path integral methods for studying the dynamics of single or extended systems coupled to harmonic environments. The package includes two modules, suitable for system–bath problems and extended systems comprising many coupled system–bath units, and is offered in C++ and Fortran implementations. The system–bath module offers the recently developed small matrix path integral (SMatPI) and the well-established iterative quasi-adiabatic propagator path integral (i-QuAPI) method for iteration of the reduced density matrix of the system. In the SMatPI module, the dynamics within the entanglement interval can be computed using QuAPI, the blip sum, time evolving matrix product operators, or the quantum–classical path integral method. These methods have distinct convergence characteristics and their combination allows a user to access a variety of regimes. The extended system module provides the user with two algorithms of the modular path integral method, applicable to quantum spin chains or excitonic molecular aggregates. An overview of the methods and code structure is provided, along with guidance on method selection and representative examples.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1955302
PAR ID:
10443266
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume:
158
Issue:
22
ISSN:
0021-9606
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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