Using redundant coordinates to represent potential energy surfaces with lower-dimensional functions

作者:Manzhos Sergei*; Carrington Tucker Jr
来源:Journal of Chemical Physics, 2007, 127(1): 014103.
DOI:10.1063/1.2746846

摘要

We propose a method for fitting potential energy surfaces with a sum of component functions of lower dimensionality. This form facilitates quantum dynamics calculations. We show that it is possible to reduce the dimensionality of the component functions by introducing new and redundant coordinates obtained with linear transformations. The transformations are obtained from a neural network. Different coordinates are used for different component functions and the new coordinates are determined as the potential is fitted. The quality of the fits and the generality of the method are illustrated by fitting reference potential surfaces of hydrogen peroxide and of the reaction OH+H(2)-> H(2)O+H.

  • 出版日期2007-7-7