Velocity Distribution function of molecule at low temperature

[aihaike]

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.

 

[soothsayer]

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!

 

[aihaike]

interesting link, thank you.

How to close the thread?

 

[soothsayer]

Not sure, I think mods do that. In any case, eventually, people will stop answering once a question has been answered, so it falls off the page pretty quickly.