A Symmetry-Constrained Fourier--Morse Framework for Compact Anisotropic Interaction Potentials
Abstract
Large-scale coarse-grained simulations of anisotropic particles require compact interaction models that retain orientation-dependent energetics. We present a symmetry-constrained Fourier--Morse framework in which the radial interaction is described by a Morse potential and its orientational dependence by Fourier expansions. The representation converges systematically with harmonic resolution, allows known orientational symmetries to be imposed directly, and supports further reduction through harmonic truncation and coefficient pruning. Its explicit Fourier structure also provides a natural basis for constructing or modifying model interactions with prescribed orientational symmetries. The parameterization requires only a sampled interaction landscape and is therefore independent of the method used to generate the reference data. We demonstrate the approach for four interaction classes of chiral α-polyalanine helices, representing more than \num{300000} reference energy values with tens to a few hundred coefficients while reproducing equilibrium interaction features with meV- and mÅ-level errors. As a proof of concept, molecular-dynamics simulations using the reduced analytical potentials produce stable low-temperature configurations exhibiting local ordering motifs qualitatively consistent with those identified previously by Monte Carlo simulated annealing.
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BibTeX
@misc{ghodrati2026symmetryconstrained,
title = {{A Symmetry-Constrained Fourier--Morse Framework for Compact Anisotropic Interaction Potentials}},
author = {Hadis Ghodrati and Sibylle Gemming and Florian Günther and Jeffrey Kelling},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.15405},
eprint = {2609.15405},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15405},
note = {CC BY-NC-SA 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - A Symmetry-Constrained Fourier--Morse Framework for Compact Anisotropic Interaction Potentials
AU - Hadis Ghodrati
AU - Sibylle Gemming
AU - Florian Günther
AU - Jeffrey Kelling
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/17
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.15405
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15405
AB - Large-scale coarse-grained simulations of anisotropic particles require compact interaction models that retain orientation-dependent energetics. We present a symmetry-constrained Fourier--Morse framework in which the radial interaction is described by a Morse potential and its orientational dependence by Fourier expansions. The representation converges systematically with harmonic resolution, allows known orientational symmetries to be imposed directly, and supports further reduction through harmonic truncation and coefficient pruning. Its explicit Fourier structure also provides a natural basis for constructing or modifying model interactions with prescribed orientational symmetries. The parameterization requires only a sampled interaction landscape and is therefore independent of the method used to generate the reference data. We demonstrate the approach for four interaction classes of chiral α-polyalanine helices, representing more than \num{300000} reference energy values with tens to a few hundred coefficients while reproducing equilibrium interaction features with meV- and mÅ-level errors. As a proof of concept, molecular-dynamics simulations using the reduced analytical potentials produce stable low-temperature configurations exhibiting local ordering motifs qualitatively consistent with those identified previously by Monte Carlo simulated annealing.
ER -