TY - JOUR A1 - Lorenz, Ute A1 - Saalfrank, Peter T1 - Comparing thermal wave function methods for multi-configuration time-dependent Hartree simulations JF - The journal of chemical physics : bridges a gap between journals of physics and journals of chemistr N2 - We compare two methods for creating stochastic temperature wave functions that can be used for Multi-Configuration Time-Dependent Hartree (MCTDH) simulations. In the first method, the MCTDH coefficients are chosen randomly, while the other method uses a single Hartree product of random single-particle functions (SPFs). We find that using random SPFs dramatically improves convergence for a model system for surface sticking. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4862739 SN - 0021-9606 SN - 1089-7690 VL - 140 IS - 4 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Melville ER -