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A recent technique, proposed to alleviate the ``sign problem disease'', is discussed in details. As well known the ground state of a given Hamiltonian $H$ can be obtained by applying the imaginary time propagator $e^{-H \tau}$ to a given…
We apply a recently proposed Green Function Monte Carlo to the study of Hamiltonian lattice gauge theories. This class of algorithms computes quantum vacuum expectation values by averaging over a set of suitable weighted random walkers. By…
We justify a recently proposed prescription for performing Green Function Monte Carlo calculations on systems of lattice fermions, by which one is able to avoid the sign problem. We generalize the prescription such that it can also be used…
We present the Stochastic Green Function (SGF) algorithm designed for bosons on lattices. This new quantum Monte Carlo algorithm is independent of the dimension of the system, works in continuous imaginary time, and is exact (no error…
We apply the recursive stochastic state selection method, which is a new method for Monte Carlo study we have recently developed, to quantum spin systems with positive definite Hamiltonians. Through numerical studies of two-dimensional…
We show that the standard Lanczos algorithm can be efficiently implemented statistically and self consistently improved, using the stochastic reconfigurat ion method, which has been recently introduced to stabilize the Monte Carlo sign…
We provide an extension to lattice systems of the reptation quantum Monte Carlo algorithm, originally devised for continuous Hamiltonians. For systems affected by the sign problem, a method to systematically improve upon the so-called…
A stochastic method is described for estimating Green's functions (GF's), appropriate to linear advection-diffusion-reaction transport problems, evolving in arbitrary geometries. By allowing straightforward construction of approximate,…
We describe in detail a simple and efficient Green Function Monte Carlo technique for computing both the ground state energy and the ground state properties by the ``forward walking'' scheme. The simplicity of our reconfiguration process,…
Monte Carlo simulations are useful tools for modeling quantum systems, but in some cases they suffer from a sign problem, leading to an exponential slow down in their convergence to a value. While solving the sign problem is generically…
The Green's function Monte Carlo (GFMC) method provides accurate solutions to the nuclear many-body problem and predicts properties of light nuclei starting from realistic two- and three-body interactions. Controlling the GFMC fermion-sign…
When one tries to simulate quantum spin systems by the Monte Carlo method, often the 'minus-sign problem' is encountered. In such a case, an application of probabilistic methods is not possible. In this paper the method has been proposed…
We address the calculation of dynamical correlation functions for many fermion systems at zero temperature, using the auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo method. The two-dimensional Hubbard hamiltonian is used as a model system. Although…
Treating the fermionic ground state problem as a constrained stochastic optimization problem, a formalism for fermionic quantum Monte Carlo is developed that makes no reference to a trial wavefunction. Exchange symmetry is enforced by…
Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods are the gold standard for studying equilibrium properties of quantum many-body systems -- their phase transitions, ground and thermal state properties. However, in many interesting situations QMC methods…
A method is proposed to handle the sign problem in the simulation of systems having indefinite or complex-valued measures. In general, this new approach, which is based on renormalisation blocking, is shown to yield statistical errors…
We present an algorithm for measurement of the Green's function in the hybridization expansion continuous-time quantum Monte-Carlo based on continuous estimators. Compared to the standard method, the present algorithm has similar or better…
Quantum Monte Carlo methods are sophisticated numerical techniques for simulating interacting quantum systems. In some cases, however, they suffer from the notorious "sign problem" and become too inefficient to be useful. A recent…
A `forward walking' Green's Function Monte Carlo algorithm is used to obtain expectation values for SU(3) lattice Yang-Mills theory in (3+1) dimensions. The ground state energy and Wilson loops are calculated, and the finite-size scaling…
A novel scheme to solve the quantum eigenvalue problem through the imaginary-time Green function Monte Carlo method is presented. This method is applicable to the excited states as well as to the ground state of a generic system. We…