Predicting energy and structural response to force correction in molecular dynamics
Abstract
We predict how force correction changes energy exchange and structural statistics by measuring leading response coefficients on shared reference trajectories. Residual power and the displacement virial distinguish the transfer of energy from the change in restoring forces, including intermittent reference updates. Independent simulations then test the predicted kinetic and configurational shifts. A matched-timetable experiment shows that reference timing affects heating through its coupling to the evolving state. In an anharmonic chain, the displacement virial predicts a structural shift missed by a power-only description. Local force constants in silicon predict a complementary directional tradeoff: scalar calibration repairs optical motion while degrading an already accurate low-frequency direction. Full nonlinear trajectories confirm this tradeoff and distinguish the benefits of static curvature correction and repeated reference impulses. Independent finite-temperature integrals in orthorhombic tin selenide (SnSe) support the configurational-response direction predicted from separate reference calculations. These results provide a physical basis for choosing how reference information enters molecular dynamics. The framework assesses force correction through its effect on atomic motion and statistical observables, beyond the accuracy of individual force evaluations.
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BibTeX
@misc{kang2026predicting,
title = {{Predicting energy and structural response to force correction in molecular dynamics}},
author = {Peng Kang and Da Wan and Shulin Bai and Pengfei Zhang and Peng Wang and Chenglong Wen and Zhen Li and Yu Liu and Lei Zheng and Li-Dong Zhao},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.22287},
eprint = {2609.22287},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.22287},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Predicting energy and structural response to force correction in molecular dynamics
AU - Peng Kang
AU - Da Wan
AU - Shulin Bai
AU - Pengfei Zhang
AU - Peng Wang
AU - Chenglong Wen
AU - Zhen Li
AU - Yu Liu
AU - Lei Zheng
AU - Li-Dong Zhao
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/13
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.22287
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.22287
AB - We predict how force correction changes energy exchange and structural statistics by measuring leading response coefficients on shared reference trajectories. Residual power and the displacement virial distinguish the transfer of energy from the change in restoring forces, including intermittent reference updates. Independent simulations then test the predicted kinetic and configurational shifts. A matched-timetable experiment shows that reference timing affects heating through its coupling to the evolving state. In an anharmonic chain, the displacement virial predicts a structural shift missed by a power-only description. Local force constants in silicon predict a complementary directional tradeoff: scalar calibration repairs optical motion while degrading an already accurate low-frequency direction. Full nonlinear trajectories confirm this tradeoff and distinguish the benefits of static curvature correction and repeated reference impulses. Independent finite-temperature integrals in orthorhombic tin selenide (SnSe) support the configurational-response direction predicted from separate reference calculations. These results provide a physical basis for choosing how reference information enters molecular dynamics. The framework assesses force correction through its effect on atomic motion and statistical observables, beyond the accuracy of individual force evaluations.
ER -