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We propose a Monte Carlo based method for simulating the open system dynamics of multiple exchange-only (EO) qubits. In the EO encoding, the total spin projection quantum number along the $z$-axis of the three constituent spins remains…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Tameem Albash , N. Tobias Jacobson

The stochastic series expansion quantum Monte Carlo method is used to study thin ferromagnetic films, described by a Heisenberg model including local anisotropies. The magnetization curve is calculated, and the results compared to Schwinger…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Henelius , P. Fröbrich , P. J. Kuntz , C. Timm , P. J. Jensen

An efficient Path Integral Monte Carlo procedure is proposed to simulate the behavior of quantum many-body dissipative systems described within the framework of the influence functional. Thermodynamic observables are obtained by Monte Carlo…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Luca Capriotti , Alessandro Cuccoli , Andrea Fubini , Valerio Tognetti , Ruggero Vaia

We derive many-body single- and multi-reference wave functions for quantum Monte Carlo of periodic systems with an anti-symmetric portion that explicitly integrates over the Brillouin zone of one-particle Bloch states. The wave functions…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-09-28 Lubos Mitas

Quantum computers have a potential for solving quantum chemistry problems with higher accuracy than classical computers. Quantum computing quantum Monte Carlo (QC-QMC) is a QMC with a trial state prepared in quantum circuit, which is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-07 Shu Kanno , Hajime Nakamura , Takao Kobayashi , Shigeki Gocho , Miho Hatanaka , Naoki Yamamoto , Qi Gao

We use a variational Monte Carlo algorithm to solve the electronic structure of two-dimensional semiconductor quantum dots in external magnetic field. We present accurate many-body wave functions for the system in various magnetic field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ari Harju

Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) techniques are used to calculate the one-body density matrix and excitation energies for the valence electrons of bulk silicon. The one-body density matrix and energies are obtained from a Slater-Jastrow wave…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 P. R. C. Kent , Randolph Q. Hood , M. D. Towler , R. J. Needs , G. Rajagopal

A quantum Monte Carlo algorithm is constructed starting from the standard perturbation expansion in the interaction representation. The resulting configuration space is strongly related to that of the Stochastic Series Expansion (SSE)…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-30 A. W. Sandvik , R. R. P. Singh , D. K. Campbell

This review covers applications of quantum Monte Carlo methods to quantum mechanical problems in the study of electronic and atomic structure, as well as applications to statistical mechanical problems both of static and dynamic nature. The…

chem-ph · Physics 2016-10-26 M. P. Nightingale , C. J. Umrigar

We present a Monte Carlo wavefunction method for semiclassically modeling spin-$\frac12$ systems in a magnetic field gradient in one dimension. Our model resolves the conflict of determining what classical force an atom should be subjected…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-25 C. J. Billington , C. J. Watkins , R. P. Anderson , L. D. Turner

Here, a dichotomy of particles and waves is employed in a quantum Monte Carlo calculation of interacting electrons. Through the creation and propagation of concurrent stochastic ensembles of walkers in physical space and in Hilbert space…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-24 Ivan P. Christov

The accuracy and efficiency of ab-initio quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) algorithms benefits greatly from compact variational trial wave functions that accurately reproduce ground state properties of a system. We investigate the possibility of…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-01-30 Shivesh Pathak , Lucas K. Wagner

Interacting spin systems are of fundamental relevance in different areas of physics, as well as in quantum information science, and biology. These spin models represent the simplest, yet not fully understood, manifestation of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-27 Johannes Schachenmayer , Alexander Pikovski , Ana Maria Rey

We study the potential energy surface of the ozone molecule by means of Quantum Monte Carlo simulations based on the resonating valence bond concept. The trial wave function consists of an antisymmetrized geminal power arranged in a…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-08-23 Sam Azadi , Ranber Singh , Thomas D. Kühne

A method is developed that allows analysis of quantum Monte Carlo simulations to identify errors in trial wave functions. The purpose of this method is to allow for the systematic improvement of variational wave functions by identifying…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-08-03 Kiel T. Williams , Lucas K. Wagner

A precise dynamical characterization of quantum impurity models with multiple interacting orbitals is challenging. In quantum Monte Carlo methods, this is embodied by sign problems. A dynamical sign problem makes it exponentially difficult…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-02 Andre Erpenbeck , Thomas Blommel , Lei Zhang , Wei-Ting Lin , Guy Cohen , Emanuel Gull

Recent developments in selected configuration interaction methods have led to increased interest in using multi-Slater trial wave functions in various quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods. Here we present an algorithm for calculating the local…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-02-03 Ankit Mahajan , Sandeep Sharma

We present an approach to the calculation of arbitrary spectral, thermal and excited state properties within the full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo framework. This is achieved via an unbiased projection of the Hamiltonian…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-08-05 N. S. Blunt , Ali Alavi , George H. Booth

In this note, variational Monte Carlo method based on neural quantum states for spin systems is reviewed. Using a neural network as the wave function allows for a more generalized expression of various types of interactions, including…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-06-04 Yuntai Song

Describing correlated electron systems near phase transitions has been a major challenge in computational condensed-matter physics. In this paper, we apply highly accurate fixed node quantum Monte Carlo techniques, which directly work with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-01-10 Li Chen , Lucas K. Wagner