Contour forward flux sampling: Sampling rare events along multiple collective variables

Abstract

Many rare event transitions involve multiple collective variables (CVs) and the most appropriate combination of CVs is generally unknown a priori. We thus introduce a new method, contour forward flux sampling (cFFS), to study rare events with multiple CVs simultaneously. cFFS places nonlinear interfaces on-the-fly from the collective progress of the simulations, without any prior knowledge of the energy landscape or appropriate combination of CVs. We demonstrate cFFS on analytical potential energy surfaces and a conformational change in alanine dipeptide.

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