title: Quantum correction to the pair distribution function.
abstract: We report a numerical technique that allows the quantum effects of zero-point motion to be incorporated into Pair Distribution Functions calculated classically for molecules using Monte Carlo or Molecular Dynamics simulations. We establish the basis for this approximation using a diatomic molecule described by a Morse potential. The correction should significantly improve the agreement between modeled and experimental data, and facilitate conclusions about inter- and intra-molecular motion and flexibility. We describe a similar approach to obtain the energy and the specific heat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Levashov
authors.forename: S J L
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Billinge
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Thorpe
mesh_terms: D008958:Models, Molecular; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011789:Quantum Theory