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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2010★ 6 cited
Memory effects in non-adiabatic molecular dynamics at metal surfaces
Thomas Olsen, Jakob Schiøtz
We study the effect of temporal correlation in a Langevin equation describing non-adiabatic dynamics at metal surfaces. For a harmonic oscillator the Langevin equation preserves th…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2010★ 4 cited
Quantum corrected Langevin dynamics for adsorbates on metal surfaces interacting with hot electrons
Thomas Olsen, Jakob Schiøtz
We investigate the importance of including quantized initial conditions in Langevin dynamics for adsorbates interacting with a thermal reservoir of electrons. For quadratic potenti…