Experimental evidence of quantum Drude oscillator behavior in liquids revealed with probabilistic iterative Boltzmann inversion
The first experimental evidence of quantum Drude oscillator behavior in liquids is uncovered using probabilistic machine learning-augmented iterative Boltzmann inversion applied to noble gas radial distribution functions. Furthermore, classical force fields for noble gases are shown to be reduced to a single parameter through simple empirical relations linked to atomic dipole polarizability. These findings highlight how neutron scattering data can inspire innovative force field design and offer insight into interatomic forces to advance molecular simulations.
Authors
- Harry W. Sullivan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4062-6132)
- Michael P. Hoepfner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9648-6911)
- Pavel Jungwirth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-3288)
- B. Shanks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3453-7258)
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)
- University of Utah (US)
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Published
- 2025-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0260274
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.25
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Office of Science
- Basic Energy Sciences