- QMC@Home
QMC@Home is a
distributed computing project for theBOINC client aimed at further developing and testingQuantum Monte Carlo (QMC) for use inquantum chemistry . It is hosted by theUniversity of Münster ,Germany . QMC@Home allows volunteers from around the world to donate idle computer cycles to help calculate theenergies andreactivity ofmolecules usingDiffusion Monte Carlo .The project is developing a new application using
density functional theory .The project began its Betatesting on
23 May 2006 .Workunits
In order to get results from home computers the work is split into "workunits". The time it takes to complete a workunit depends on the size of the calculated system and the speed of the user's computer. The target time is between 4 and 48 hours on a 2400 MHz system.
This is a list of molecules recently tested:1a
Ammonia ; 1 Ammonia dimer; 2aWater ; 2 Water dimer; 3aFormic acid ; 3 Formic acid dimer; 4aFormamide ; 4 Formamide dimer; 5aUracil ; 5 Uracil dimer; 6a 2-pyridoxine ; 6b 2-aminopyridine ; 6 2-pyridoxine/2-aminopyridine; 7aAdenine ; 7bThymine ; 7 Adenine/thymine WC; 8aMethane ; 8 Methane dimer; 9aEthene ; 9 Ethene dimer; 10Benzene /methane; 11a Benzene; 11 Benzene dimer; 12aPyrazine ; 12 Pyrazine dimer; 13 Uracil dimer; 14aIndole ; 14 Indole/benzene; 15 Adenine/thymine stack; 16bEthine ; 16 Ethene/ethine; 17 Benzene/water; 18 Benzene/ammonia; 19bHydrogen cyanide ; 19 Benzene/hydrogen cyanide; 20 Benzene dimer; 21 Indole/benzene; 22a Phenole; 22 Phenole dimerFor a list of current workunits, visit the project's website.
ee also
List of distributed computing projects External links
Related websites
* [http://qah.uni-muenster.de/ qah.uni-muenster.de] The project's website
* [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ www.boinc.berkeley.edu] Official BOINC website
* [http://www.boincstats.com/stats/project_graph.php?pr=qmc/ BOINCstats] Unofficial project statistics
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