https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/s10051-021-00151-6
Topical Review - Computational Methods
Extended Lagrangian Born–Oppenheimer molecular dynamics: from density functional theory to charge relaxation models
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 87545, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Received:
31
March
2021
Accepted:
5
July
2021
Published online:
11
August
2021
We present a review of extended Lagrangian Born–Oppenheimer molecular dynamics and its most recent development. The molecular dynamics framework is first derived for general Hohenberg–Kohn density functional theory and it is then presented in explicit forms for thermal Hartree–Fock theory using a density matrix formalism, for self-consistent charge density functional tight-binding theory, and for general non-linear charge relaxation models that can be designed and optimized using modern machine learning methods. Our intention is to give a self-contained but brief and hopefully pedagogical presentation.
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