Velocity Distribution function of molecule at low temperature

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Dear all,

In classical molecular dynamics simulation initial velocities are generated using the so called Maxwell distribution.
At low temperature it's no longer effective, so I'm wandering whether there is a similar way to generate velocities at low temperature taking into account quantum effects, like using the Fermi-dirac distribution ?

Thank you,

Éric.
 
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http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/~schubert/Course-ECSE-6968%20Quantum%20mechanics/Ch13%20Semiconductor%20statistics.pdf

^I think you may find the answer you're looking for on page 11. Hope it helps!
 
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