Quantum dynamics parallel algorithms

Section II discusses the real wave packet propagation method we have found useful for the description of several three- and four-atom problems. As with many other wave packet or time-dependent quantum mechanical methods, as well as iterative diagonalization procedures for time-independent problems, repeated actions of a Hamiltonian matrix on a vector represent the major computational bottleneck of the method. Section III discusses relevant issues concerning the efficient numerical representation of the wave packet and the action of the Hamiltonian matrix on a vector in four-atom dynamics problems. Similar considerations apply to problems with fewer or more atoms. Problems involving four or more atoms can be computationally very taxing. Modern (parallel) computer architectures can be exploited to reduce the physical time to solution and Section IV discusses some parallel algorithms we have developed. Section V presents our concluding remarks. 

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We now consider the status of parallelized computer codes and algorithms for computation in quantum chemistry, molecular dynamics, and reaction dynamics. Our focus is on the migration to parallel hardware of the major production codes commonly used, both on workstations and on conventional supercomputers, within the chemistry community. 

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