Langevin Flow Maps: Efficient Molecular Dynamics and Transition Path Sampling

Sam McCallum, Niklas Rindtorff, Alexander Tong, James Foster

Molecular dynamics simulations proceed by integrating the Langevin equations over many small femtosecond timesteps. This poses a challenge for estimating ensemble properties and transition dynamics that occur on much longer timescales. We introduce Langevin Flow Maps, which extend machine-learned force-fields to additionally learn the stochastic Langevin integrator. We show that Langevin Flow Maps enable large-timestep molecular dynamics and recover accurate dynamical properties of the system, while running an order of magnitude faster than current machine-learned force fields. Further, by training on a diverse molecular dataset, we demonstrate a path towards transferable Langevin Flow Maps.