用自回归网络直接预测原子位置,突破传统模拟时间步限制。
Force-Free Molecular Dynamics Through Autoregressive Equivariant Networks
- 基于自回归等变网络,直接预测原子位置与速度
- 最大可放大30倍模拟时间步,每日生成超15纳秒轨迹
- 适合大规模材料模拟与长时程物理现象研究
分子动力学模拟在科学研究中至关重要,但计算成本常限制其可探索的时间尺度和系统规模。现有数据驱动方法多聚焦于降低精确原子力的计算开销,但机器学习势能模型仍受限于小时间步。本文提出TrajCast,一种可迁移且数据高效的框架,基于自回归等变消息传递网络,直接更新原子位置与速度,摆脱传统数值积分约束。我们在小分子、晶体材料和体相液体等多种系统上进行基准测试,结果表明其在结构、动力学与能量性质上均与参考模拟高度一致。根据不同系统,TrajCast支持的预测时间步可达传统方法的30倍,单日即可为超过4000原子的固体生成超过15纳秒的轨迹数据。该框架显著提升大规模长时程模拟效率,助力材料发现并探索传统模拟与实验无法触及的物理现象。开源代码已发布于https://github.com/IBM/trajcast。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations play a crucial role in scientific research. Yet their computational cost often limits the timescales and system sizes that can be explored. Most data-driven efforts have been focused on reducing the computational cost of accurate interatomic forces required for solving the equations of motion. Despite their success, however, these machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are still bound to small time-steps. In this work, we introduce TrajCast, a transferable and data-efficient framework based on autoregressive equivariant message passing networks that directly updates atomic positions and velocities lifting the constraints imposed by traditional numerical integration. We benchmark our framework across various systems, including a small molecule, crystalline material, and bulk liquid, demonstrating excellent agreement with reference MD simulations for structural, dynamical, and energetic properties. Depending on the system, TrajCast allows for forecast intervals up to $30\times$ larger than traditional MD time-steps, generating over 15 ns of trajectory data per day for a solid with more than 4,000 atoms. By enabling efficient large-scale simulations over extended timescales, TrajCast can accelerate materials discovery and explore physical phenomena beyond the reach of traditional simulations and experiments. An open-source implementation of TrajCast is accessible under https://github.com/IBM/trajcast.
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