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This article addresses online variational estimation in parametric state-space models. We propose a new procedure for efficiently computing the evidence lower bound and its gradient in a streaming-data setting, where observations arrive…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-02-09 Mathis Chagneux , Mathias Müller , Pierre Gloaguen , Sylvain Le Corff , Jimmy Olsson

Monte Carlo simulations of quantum field theories on a lattice become increasingly expensive as the continuum limit is approached since the cost per independent sample grows with a high power of the inverse lattice spacing. Simulations on…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2021-01-04 Karl Jansen , Eike Hermann Müller , Robert Scheichl

Neural-network variational Monte Carlo (NNVMC) has emerged as a powerful tool for solving quantum many-body problems, yet systematic pathways for improving its accuracy remain largely heuristic. Here, we introduce a physically motivated…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-20 Zhixuan Liu , Dongheng Qian , Jing Wang

In this article, new results are presented for the zero-temperature ground-state properties of the spin-half transverse Ising model on various lattices using three different approximate techniques. These are, respectively, the coupled…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-23 R. F. Bishop , D. J. J. Farnell , M. L. Ristig

We study the higher-order topological spin phases based on a spin analogue of Benalcazar-Bernevig-Hughes model in two dimensions using large-scale quantum Monte Carlo simulations. A continuous N\'eel-valence bond solid quantum phase…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-11-11 Jiaojiao Guo , Junsong Sun , Xingchuan Zhu , Chang-An Li , Huaiming Guo , Shiping Feng

The Resonating Valence Bond (RVB) theory for two-dimensional quantum antiferromagnets is shown to be the correct paradigm for large enough ``quantum frustration''. This scenario, proposed long time ago but never confirmed by microscopic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 Luca Capriotti , Federico Becca , Alberto Parola , Sandro Sorella

We extend Quantum Computing Quantum Monte Carlo (QCQMC) beyond ground-state energy estimation by systematically constructing the quantum circuits used for state preparation. Replacing the original Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE)…

Neural network quantum states (NQS), incorporating with variational Monte Carlo (VMC) method, are shown to be a promising way to investigate quantum many-body physics. Whereas vanilla VMC methods perform one gradient update per sample, we…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-11-01 Feng Chen , Ming Xue

Quantum Monte Carlo simulations are powerful and versatile tools for the quantum many-body problem. In addition to the usual calculations of energies and eigenstate observables, quantum Monte Carlo simulations can in principle be used to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-12-29 Avik Sarkar , Dean Lee , Ulf-G. Meißner

We present a variational matrix product state (vMPS) for the ground state of the spin-1/2 Heisenberg model. The MPS effectively organizes the various dimer configurations, in faithful reflection of the resonating valence bond (RVB) picture…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-04-07 Jintae Kim , Minsoo Kim , Pramod Padmanabhan , Jung Hoon Han , Hyun-Yong Lee

We present a plane-wave (PW) implementation of the auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) method within the projector augmented-wave (PAW) formalism in the Vienna ab initio Simulation Package (VASP). By employing an exact inversion of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Moritz Humer , Martin Schlipf , Zoran Sukurma , Sajad Bazrafshan , Georg Kresse

Current quantum simulators suffer from multiple limitations such as short coherence time, noisy operations, faulty readout and restricted qubit connectivity in some platforms. Variational quantum algorithms are the most promising approach…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-31 Chufan Lyu , Xiaoyu Tang , Junning Li , Xusheng Xu , Man-Hong Yung , Abolfazl Bayat

Wave-function Monte Carlo methods are an important tool for simulating quantum systems, but the standard method cannot be used to simulate decoherence in continuously measured systems. Here we present a new Monte Carlo method for such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Kurt Jacobs

We review the application of lattice QCD techniques, most notably the Hybrid Monte-Carlo (HMC) simulations, to first-principle study of tight-binding models of crystalline solids with strong inter-electron interactions. After providing a…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-08-23 P. V. Buividovich , M. V. Ulybyshev

Analog quantum simulation based on ultracold atoms in optical lattices has catalyzed significant breakthroughs in the study of quantum many-body systems. These simulations rely on the statistical sampling of electronic Fock states, which…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-02-11 Shuhan Ding , Shaozhi Li , Yao Wang

One of the key applications for the emerging quantum simulators is to emulate the ground state of many-body systems, as it is of great interest in various fields from condensed matter physics to material science. Traditionally, in an analog…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-18 Chufan Lyu , Victor Montenegro , Abolfazl Bayat

Coupled, dynamical spin-lattice models provide a unique test ground for simulations investigating the finite-temperature magnetic properties of materials under the direct influence of the lattice vibrations. These models are constructed by…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-12-28 Dilina Perera , Thomas Vogel , David P. Landau

Monte Carlo algorithms are frequently used in atomistic simulations, including for computation of magnetic parameter temperature dependences in multiscale simulations. Even though parallelization strategies for Monte Carlo simulations of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-15 Serban Lepadatu , George McKenzie , Tim Mercer , Callum Robert MacKinnon , Philip Raymond Bissell

Perturbative expansions of several small Wilson loops are computed through next-to-next-to-leading order in unquenched lattice QCD, from Monte Carlo simulations at weak couplings. This approach provides a much simpler alternative to…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-11-11 Kit Yan Wong , Howard D. Trottier , R. M. Woloshyn

A quantum Monte Carlo method with non-local update scheme is presented. The method is based on a path-integral decomposition and a worm operator which is local in imaginary time. It generates states with a fixed number of particles and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Kris Van Houcke , Stefan Rombouts , Lode Pollet