Nicholas J. Wright



SDSC Publications

Characterizing Parallel Scaling of Scientific Applications using IPM.
Nicholas J. Wright, Wayne Pfeiffer and Allan Snavely.
The 10th LCI International Conference on High-Performance Clustered Computing. Denver, March 10-12 2009.

Modeling and Predicting Application Performance on Parallel Computers Using HPC Challenge Benchmarks.
Wayne Pfeiffer and Nicholas J. Wright.
22nd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Miami, FL, April 14-18, 2008.

WRF Nature Run.
John Michalakes, Joshua Hacker, Richard Loft, Michael O. McCracken, Allan Snavely, Nicholas J. Wright, Tom Spelce, Brent Gorda, Robert Walkup.
Proceedings of the 2007 ACM/IEEE Conference on Supercomputing , (SC07), Reno, Nevada, November 10-13, 2007. pp. 32-41.

Computational Chemistry Publications

Refereed Journals
The effects of orientational and energetic disorder on Forster energy migration along a one-dimensional lattice.
Tai-Sang Ahn, Nicholas Wright and Christopher J. Bardeen
Chem. Phys. Lett. 446, 43-48 (2007)

Forward-Backward Semiclassical Simulation of Dynamical Processes in Liquids.
Nancy Makri, Akira Nakayama and Nicholas J. Wright.
J. Theor. Comp. Chem. 3, 391-417 (2004)

Phase space features and statistical aspects of forwardbackward semiclassical dynamics.
Nicholas J. Wright and Nancy Makri
J. Phys. Chem. B. 108, 6816-6825 (2004)

Forward–backward semiclassical dynamics for condensed phase time correlation functions
Nicholas J. Wright and Nancy Makri
J. Chem. Phys. 119, 1634-1641 (2003)

An upper limit to the concentration of an SO2 complex at the air–water interface at 298 K: infrared experiments and ab initio calculations.
Husheng Yang, Nicholas J. Wright, Aaron M. Gagnon, R. Benny Gerber and Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 4, 1831-1838 (2002)

Extending the Vibrational Self-Consistent Method: Using a Partially Separable Wave Function for Calculating Anharmonic Vibrational States of Polyatomic molecules.
Nicholas J. Wright and R. Benny Gerber
J. Chem. Phys. 114, 8763-8768 (2001)

Direct calculation of anharmonic vibrational states of polyatomic molecules using density functional theory: testing the HCTH and B97 functionals.
Nicholas J. Wright, R. Benny Gerber and David J. Tozer
Chem. Phys. Lett. 324, 206-212 (2000).

The potential energy surface and ro-vibrational states of He-CH+.
Markus Meuwly and Nicholas J. Wright
J. Phys. Chem. A. 104, 1271-1277 (2000).

Regular and irregular vibrational states: localized anharmonic modes and transition-state spectroscopy of Na3.
Nicholas J. Wright and Jeremy M. Hutson
J. Chem. Phys. 112, 3214-3219 (2000)

Direct calculation of anharmonic vibrational states of polyatomic molecules using potential energy surfaces calculated from density functional theory.
Nicholas J. Wright and R. Benny Gerber
J. Chem. Phys. 112, 2598-2604 (2000)

Regular and irregular vibrational states: localized anharmonic modes in Ar3.
Nicholas J. Wright and Jeremy M. Hutson
J. Chem. Phys. 110, 902-911 (1999).

Book Chapters
Regular and irregular vibrational wave functions of Ar3,
Nicholas J. Wright and Jeremy M. Hutson,
in R. Prosmiti, J. Tennyson and D. C. Clary (editors), "Molecular Quantum States at Dissociation", published by CCP6, Daresbury (1998). ISBN 0-9522736-5-9.

The vibrational self-consistent field (VSCF) method for calculating vibrational energies,
Nicholas J. Wright, Galina C. Chaban, Joon O. Jung and R. Benny Gerber,
in M. M. Law, I. A. Atkinson and J. M. Hutson (editors), "Rovibrational Bound States of Polyatomic Molecules",published by CCP6, Daresbury (1999). ISBN 0-9522736-6-7

Books Edited
Fashioning a Model: Optimization Methods in Chemical Physics,
A. Ernesti, J. M. Hutson and N. J. Wright (editors),
published by CCP6, Daresbury (1998). ISBN 0-9522736-4-0.