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We propose a new quantum Monte Carlo algorithm to compute fermion ground-state properties. The ground state is projected from an initial wavefunction by a branching random walk in an over-complete basis space of Slater determinants. By…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 Shiwei Zhang , J. Carlson , J. E. Gubernatis

Ab initio auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) is a systematically improvable many-body method, but its application to extended solids has been severely limited by unfavorable computational scaling and memory requirements that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-25 Jinghong Zhang , Meng-Fu Chen , Adam Rettig , Tong Jiang , Paul J. Robinson , Hieu Q. Dinh , Anton Z. Ni , Joonho Lee

Variational quantum calculations have borrowed many tools and algorithms from the machine learning community in the recent years. Leveraging great expressive power and efficient gradient-based optimization, researchers have shown that trial…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2024-08-19 Matija Medvidović , Javier Robledo Moreno

The auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) method provides a computational framework for solving the time-independent Schroedinger equation in atoms, molecules, solids, and a variety of model systems. AFQMC has recently witnessed…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-08-14 Mario Motta , Shiwei Zhang

We describe and discuss a recently proposed quantum Monte Carlo algorithm to compute the ground-state properties of various systems of interacting fermions. In this method, the ground state is projected from an initial wave function by a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Shiwei Zhang , J. Carlson , J. E. Gubernatis

We propose using the wave function generated by the quantum selected configuration interaction (QSCI) method as the trial wave function in phaseless auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (ph-AFQMC). In the QSCI framework, electronic…

We formulate and characterize a new constraint for Auxiliary Field Quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) applicable for general fermionic systems, which allows for the accumulation of phase in the random walk but disallows walkers with a magnitude of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-06-16 John L. Weber , Hung Vuong , Richard A. Friesner , David R. Reichman

We present near-term quantum algorithms for auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC), viewed as imaginary-time projection for ground-state calculation as an ensemble of one-body propagators driven by stochastic fields $\Omega$. Starting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Xiantao Li

In this work, we test a recently developed method to enhance classical auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) calculations with quantum computers against examples from chemistry and material science, representatives of classes of…

We propose an approach to study the ground state of quantum many-body systems in which Tensor Network States (TNS), specifically Projected Entangled Pair States (PEPS), and Green's function Monte Carlo (GFMC) are combined. PEPS, by design,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-09-29 Mingpu Qin

We introduce a black-box auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) approach to perform highly accurate electronic structure calculations using configuration interaction singles and doubles (CISD) trial states. This method consistently…

The projective quantum Monte Carlo (PQMC) algorithms are among the most powerful computational techniques to simulate the ground state properties of quantum many-body systems. However, they are efficient only if a sufficiently accurate…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-10-04 S. Pilati , E. M. Inack , P. Pieri

We show how symmetry properties can be used to greatly increase the accuracy and efficiency in auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) calculations of electronic systems. With the Hubbard model as an example, we study symmetry…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-04-01 Hao Shi , Shiwei Zhang

The tensor network algorithm, a family of prevalent numerical methods for quantum many-body problems, aptly captures the entanglement properties intrinsic to quantum systems, enabling precise representation of quantum states. However, its…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-06-26 He-Yu Lin , Yibin Guo , Rong-Qiang He , Z. Y. Xie , Zhong-Yi Lu

We propose a new scheme to implement the self-consistent optimization of the trial wave-function in constrained path auxiliary field Quantum Monte Carlo (CP-AFQMC) in the framewok of natural orbitals. In this scheme, a new trial…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-08-15 Mingpu Qin

We introduce an efficient and numerically stable technique to make use of a BCS trial wave function in the computation of correlation functions of strongly correlated quantum fermion systems. The technique is applicable to any projection…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-08-28 Ettore Vitali , Peter Rosenberg , Shiwei Zhang

In this work, we develop a size extensive Auxiliary-Field Quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) approach that scales as $O(N^5)$ for local energy evaluation by treating the Coupled Cluster Singles and Doubles (CCSD) trial wavefunctions…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Yichi Zhang , Ankit Mahajan , Yann Damour , Sandeep Sharma

Quantum computing offers potential solutions for finding ground states in condensed-matter physics and chemistry. However, achieving effective ground state preparation is also computationally hard for arbitrary Hamiltonians. It is necessary…

We describe the implementation of the frozen-orbital and downfolding approximations in the auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) method. These approaches can provide significant computational savings compared to fully correlating all…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-11-18 Wirawan Purwanto , Shiwei Zhang , Henry Krakauer

Neural-network quantum states (NQS) offer a versatile and expressive alternative to traditional variational ans\"atze for simulating physical systems. Energy-based frameworks, like Hopfield networks and Restricted Boltzmann Machines,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-18 Manas Sajjan , Vinit Singh , Sabre Kais