arXiv:2505.19350physics.chem-phcs.LG2025-05NeurIPS被引 18

用更长步长实现分子动力学快速预测,突破传统计算瓶颈

FlashMD: long-stride, universal prediction of molecular dynamics

  • 基于哈密顿力学设计网络架构,支持长步长预测
  • 可实现比常规步长长1~2个数量级的模拟步长
  • 适用于多种体系和热力学系综,适合长期动态研究

分子动力学(MD)通过积分原子运动方程,揭示原子尺度过程。机器学习模型虽能加速力的预测,但受限于原子运动的快时间尺度,仍需极小的时间步长。本文提出FlashMD,可在比典型MD步长长1至2个数量级的步长上预测位置与动量演化。该方法融合哈密顿动力学的数学与物理特性,可推广至任意热力学系综,并系统评估了长步长模拟的潜在失效模式。验证表明,无论是专用模型还是通用模型,FlashMD均能准确重现平衡态与非平衡态性质,显著拓展了分子动力学在长时标下模拟高科学与技术相关微观过程的能力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Molecular dynamics (MD) provides insights into atomic-scale processes by integrating over time the equations that describe the motion of atoms under the action of interatomic forces. Machine learning models have substantially accelerated MD by providing inexpensive predictions of the forces, but they remain constrained to minuscule time integration steps, which are required by the fast time scale of atomic motion. In this work, we propose FlashMD, a method to predict the evolution of positions and momenta over strides that are between one and two orders of magnitude longer than typical MD time steps. We incorporate considerations on the mathematical and physical properties of Hamiltonian dynamics in the architecture, generalize the approach to allow the simulation of any thermodynamic ensemble, and carefully assess the possible failure modes of such a long-stride MD approach. We validate FlashMD's accuracy in reproducing equilibrium and time-dependent properties, using both system-specific and general-purpose models, extending the ability of MD simulation to reach the long time scales needed to model microscopic processes of high scientific and technological relevance.

分子动力学机器学习长时标模拟

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