We present a Monte Carlo technique for sampling from the canonical distribution in molecular dynamics. The method is built upon the Nosé-Hoover constant temperature formulation and the generalized hybrid Monte Carlo method. In contrast to standard hybrid Monte Carlo methods only the thermostat degree of freedom is stochastically resampled during a Monte Carlo step.
@article{M2AN_2009__43_4_743_0, author = {Leimkuhler, Benedict and Reich, Sebastian}, title = {A Metropolis adjusted Nos\'e-Hoover thermostat}, journal = {ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Mod\'elisation Math\'ematique et Analyse Num\'erique}, volume = {43}, year = {2009}, pages = {743-755}, doi = {10.1051/m2an/2009023}, mrnumber = {2542875}, zbl = {1171.82317}, language = {en}, url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/M2AN_2009__43_4_743_0} }
Leimkuhler, Benedict; Reich, Sebastian. A Metropolis adjusted Nosé-Hoover thermostat. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Tome 43 (2009) pp. 743-755. doi : 10.1051/m2an/2009023. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/M2AN_2009__43_4_743_0/
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