{"id":10926,"date":"2026-10-20T12:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/?page_id=10926"},"modified":"2026-10-20T12:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:55:14","slug":"the-living-electron-cloud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/the-living-electron-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"The living electron cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>\n     .ec-wide{display:none} .ec-tall{display:block}\n     @media (min-width:800px){ .ec-wide{display:block} .ec-tall{display:none} }\n     .ec-tall video{max-width:420px;margin:0 auto}\n     .ec video{display:block;width:100%;height:auto;background:#060a13}\n   <\/style>\n   <div class=\"ec\">\n     <div class=\"ec-wide\"><video controls playsinline preload=\"none\" poster=\"https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/caffeine_dmc_frame.jpg\">\n       <source src=\"https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/caffeine_dmc_1080p_web.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><\/video><\/div>\n     <div class=\"ec-tall\"><video controls playsinline preload=\"none\" poster=\"https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/caffeine_dmc_frame.jpg\">\n       <source src=\"https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/caffeine_dmc_phone_web.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><\/video><\/div>\n   <\/div>\n   <p>Caffeine&#8217;s 74 outer electrons as a diffusion Monte Carlo calculation with CASINO\n   found them, every coloured point a computed position; the sound is made from the run.\n   What moves is the calculation&#8217;s random walk, which runs in imaginary time to find the\n   molecule&#8217;s state of lowest energy, not the electrons in real time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caffeine&#8217;s 74 outer electrons as a diffusion Monte Carlo calculation with CASINO found them, every coloured point a computed position; the sound is made from the run. 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