Matthew and Srijan's semiclassical dynamics paper out in J. Chem. Phys., an Editor's Pick

Congratulations to Matthew and Srijan for their paper “How to improve the accuracy of semiclassical and quasiclassical dynamics with and without generalized quantum master equations,” just published in The Journal of Chemical Physics and selected as an Editor’s Pick! Semiclassical methods can treat realistic interactions but often lose accuracy. This work uncovers the long sought after mechanism for accuracy improvement when pairing them with generalized quantum master equations — and even shows how to get similar improvements without the generalized master equation. They turn these insights into a protocol for choosing the memory-kernel cutoff, even in previously inaccessible limits, making semiclassical simulations both more accurate and more robust.