Non-Uniform FFT and Its Applications in Particle Simulations

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ABSTRACT

Ewald summation method, based on Non-Uniform FFTs (ENUF) to compute the electrostatic interactions and forces, is implemented in two different particle simulation schemes to model molecular and soft matter, in classical all-atom Molecular Dynamics and in Dissipative Particle Dynamics for coarse-grained particles. The method combines the traditional Ewald method with a non-uniform fast Fourier transform library (NFFT), making it highly efficient. It scales linearly with the number of particles as , while being both robust and accurate. It conserves both energy and the momentum to float point accuracy. As demonstrated here, it is straight- forward to implement the method in existing computer simulation codes to treat the electrostatic interactions either between point-charges or charge distributions. It should be an attractive alternative to mesh-based Ewald methods.

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Y. Wang, F. Hedman, M. Porcu, F. Mocci and A. Laaksonen, "Non-Uniform FFT and Its Applications in Particle Simulations," Applied Mathematics, Vol. 5 No. 3, 2014, pp. 520-541. doi: 10.4236/am.2014.53051.

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