The coupled coherent states method: generalization and numerical applications

• Grant number: 13/00145-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2013
• End date: August 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Principal Investigator: Marcus Aloizio Martinez de Aguiar
• Grantee: Adriano Grigolo
• Supervisor: Dmitry V. Shalashilin
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Leeds, England
• Associated to the scholarship: 11/20065-4 - Semiclassical dynamics of multidimensional systems and initial value representations, BP.DR

Abstract

The PhD internship will focus on application of the coupled coherent states method (CCS), in it's generalized version, to different kinds of systems of interest, with particular attention to those belonging to the field of Computational Chemistry, such as atoms and molecules, on the investigation of their spectra and possibly their thermodynamical properties. However, aiming atmaking full use of the generalized coherent state formalism, other classes of problems shall also be considered -- for instance, the study of the dynamics of trapped condensates. Moreover, the student should familiarize himself with numerical practices related to the CCS method, including the Monte Carlo sampling of classical orbits and algorithm parallelization; this will be done with the purpose of bringing these techniques to our group, thus allowing us to perform similar large scale calculations. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GREEN, JAMES A.; GRIGOLO, ADRIANO; RONTO, MIKLOS; SHALASHILIN, DMITRII V.. A two-layer approach to the coupled coherent states method. Journal of Chemical Physics, v. 144, n. 2, JAN 14 2016. (13/00145-9)