title: Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation of liquid water by quantum Monte Carlo.
abstract: Although liquid water is ubiquitous in chemical reactions at roots of life and climate on the earth, the prediction of its properties by high-level ab initio molecular dynamics simulations still represents a formidable task for quantum chemistry. In this article, we present a room temperature simulation of liquid water based on the potential energy surface obtained by a many-body wave function through quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods. The simulated properties are in good agreement with recent neutron scattering and X-ray experiments, particularly concerning the position of the oxygen-oxygen peak in the radial distribution function, at variance of previous density functional theory attempts. Given the excellent performances of QMC on large scale supercomputers, this work opens new perspectives for predictive and reliable ab initio simulations of complex chemical systems.
authors: Dipartimento di Fisica, "La Sapienza" - Università di Roma, piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Zen
authors: SISSA-International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 26, 34136 Trieste, Italy.
authors: Ye
authors: Y
authors: Luo
authors: SISSA-International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 26, 34136 Trieste, Italy.
authors: Guglielmo
authors: G
authors: Mazzola
authors: Dipartimento di Fisica, "La Sapienza" - Università di Roma, piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
authors: Leonardo
authors: L
authors: Guidoni
authors: SISSA-International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 26, 34136 Trieste, Italy.
authors: Sandro
authors: S
authors: Sorella
mesh_terms: D019281:Dimerization; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011789:Quantum Theory; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014867:Water