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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 115, Issue 7, Pages 2979-2990Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.1385561
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An efficient method, the self-consistent hybrid method, is proposed for accurately simulating time-dependent quantum dynamics in complex systems. The method is based on an iterative convergence procedure for a dynamical hybrid approach. In this approach, the overall system is first partitioned into a core and a reservoir (an initial guess). The former is treated via an accurate quantum mechanical method, namely, the time-dependent multiconfiguration self-consistent field or multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree approach, and the latter is treated via a more approximate method, e.g., classical mechanics, semiclassical initial value representations, quantum perturbation theories, etc. Next, the number of core degrees of freedom, as well as other variational parameters, is systematically increased to achieve numerical convergence for the overall quantum dynamics. The method is applied to two examples of quantum dissipative dynamics in the condensed phase: the spin-boson problem and the electronic resonance decay in the presence of a vibrational bath. It is demonstrated that the method provides a practical way of obtaining accurate quantum dynamical results for complex systems. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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