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Coarse Nonlinear Dynamics and Metastability of Filling-Emptying Transitions: Water in Carbon Nanotubes
Using a Coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics (CMD) approach we study the
apparent nonlinear dynamics of water molecules filling/emptying carbon
nanotubes as a function of system parameters. Different levels of the pore
hydrophobicity give rise to tubes that are empty, water-filled, or fluctuate
between these two long-lived metastable states. The corresponding
coarse-grained free energy surfaces and their hysteretic parameter dependence
are explored by linking MD to continuum fixed point and bifurcation algorithms.
The results are validated through equilibrium MD simulations.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures; accepted versio
Analysis and selection of the simulation environment
This document provides the initial report of the Simulation work package (Work Package 4,WP4) of the CATNETS project. It contains an analisys of the requirements for a simulation tool to be used in CATNETS and an evaluation of a number of grid and general purpose simulators with respect to the selected requirements. A reasoned choice of a suitable simulator is performed based on the evaluation conducted. -- Diese Arbeit analysiert die Anforderungen an eine Simulationsumgebung für die Analyse der Katallaxie. Anhand von Kennzahlen wird die Auswahl der Simulationsumgebung bestimmt.Grid Computing
Effects of dissipation on disordered quantum spin models
We study the effects of the coupling to an Ohmic quantum reservoir on the
static and dynamical properties of a family of disordered SU(2) spin models in
a transverse magnetic field using a method of direct spin summation. The
tendency to form a glassy phase increases with the strength of the coupling of
the system to the environment. We study the influence of the environment on the
features of the phase diagram of the various models as well as the stability of
the possible phases.Comment: 24 pages, 8 fig
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