Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
1999-05-07
Physical Review E, vol.60 p.3701-3718 (1999)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
20 pages, 12 figures, revtex
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.60.3701
The role of the potential energy landscape in determining the relaxation dynamics of model clusters is studied using a master equation. Two types of energy landscape are examined: a single funnel, as exemplified by 13-atom Morse clusters, and the double funnel landscape of the 38-atom Lennard-Jones cluster. Interwell rate constants are calculated using Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus theory within the harmonic approximation, but anharmonic model partition functions are also considered. Decreasing the range of the potential in the Morse clusters is shown to hinder relaxation towards the global minimum, and this effect is related to the concomitant changes in the energy landscape. The relaxation modes that emerge from the master equation are interpreted and analysed to extract interfunnel rate constants for the Lennard-Jones cluster. Since this system is too large for a complete characterization of the energy landscape, the conditions under which the master equation can be applied to a limited database are explored. Connections are made to relaxation processes in proteins and structural glasses.
Doye Jonathan P. K.
Miller Mark A.
Wales David J.
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