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Applications of quantum Monte Carlo methods in condensed systems

Computational Physics 2011-01-28 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

The quantum Monte Carlo methods represent a powerful and broadly applicable computational tool for finding very accurate solutions of the stationary Schroedinger equation for atoms, molecules, solids and a variety of model systems. The algorithms are intrinsically parallel and are able to take full advantage of the present-day high-performance computing systems. This review article concentrates on the fixed-node/fixed-phase diffusion Monte Carlo method with emphasis on its applications to electronic structure of solids and other extended many-particle systems.

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@article{arxiv.1010.4992,
  title  = {Applications of quantum Monte Carlo methods in condensed systems},
  author = {Jindrich Kolorenc and Lubos Mitas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.4992},
  year   = {2011}
}

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34 pages

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