Quantum Monte Carlo Methods

Quantum Monte Carlo is the application of stochastic sampling of a probability distribution (Monte Carlo) to quantum mechanical problems.

Methods that I use:

• Variational Monte Carlo (external link)
• Diffusion Monte Carlo (external link)

References

• W. M. C. Foulkes, L. Mitáš, R. J. Needs and G. Rajagopal, Rev. Mod. Phys. 73, 33 (2001)
• X.-P. Li, D. M. Ceperley and Richard M. Martin, Phys. Rev. B 44,10929 (1991)
• S. Fahy, X. W. Wang and Steven G. Louie, Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 1631 (1988)

William Parker
Department of Physics
the Ohio State University
Created by: wparker at mps dot ohio dash state dot edu
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