Learning consistent molecular mechanics force fields from first principles

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arXiv:2610.08020v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Classical force fields (FFs) remain the workhorse for large-scale simulations even as machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) approach ab initio accuracy. They decompose total configuration energies into simple effective interactions whose parameters are traditionally assigned based on atom or bond types, enabling efficient simulations but also limiting their ability to adapt across configurations. Recent machine learning approaches have i