English

A quantum Monte-Carlo method for fermions, free of discretization errors

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

In this work we present a novel quantum Monte-Carlo method for fermions, based on an exact decomposition of the Boltzmann operator exp(βH)exp(-\beta H). It can be seen as a synthesis of several related methods. It has the advantage that it is free of discretization errors, and applicable to general interactions, both for ground-state and finite-temperature calculations. The decomposition is based on low-rank matrices, which allows faster calculations. As an illustration, the method is applied to an analytically solvable model (pairing in a degenerate shell) and to the Hubbard model.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9805255,
  title  = {A quantum Monte-Carlo method for fermions, free of discretization errors},
  author = {S. Rombouts and K. Heyde and N. Jachowicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9805255},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

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