Construction of a pathway map on a complicated energy landscape
arXiv:1909.13182 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.090601
Abstract
How do we search for the entire family tree without unwanted random guesses, starting from a high-index and high-energy stationary state on the energy landscape? Here we introduce a general numerical method that constructs the pathway map clearly connecting all stationary points branched from a single parent state. The map guides our understanding of how a physical system moves on the energy landscape. In particular, the method allows us to identify the transition state between energy minima and the energy barrier associated with such a state. As an example, we solve the Landau-de Gennes energy incorporating the Dirichlet boundary conditions to model a liquid crystal confined in square box; we illustrate the basic concepts by examining the multiple stationary solutions and the connected pathway maps of the model.
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