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Quantum Monte Carlo methods are powerful numerical tools to accurately solve the Schr\"odinger equation for nuclear systems, a necessary step to describe the structure and reactions of nuclei and nucleonic matter starting from realistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-05-01 Stefano Gandolfi , Diego Lonardoni , Alessandro Lovato , Maria Piarulli

It has become increasingly feasible to use quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods to study correlated fermion systems for realistic Hamiltonians. We give a summary of these techniques targeted at researchers in the field of correlated electrons,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-08-24 Lucas K. Wagner , David M. Ceperley

In recent years efficient algorithms have been developed for the numerical computation of relativistic single-particle path integrals in quantum field theory. Here, we adapt this "worldline Monte Carlo" approach to the standard problem of…

We suggest how to construct an effective low energy Hamiltonian via Monte Carlo starting from a given action. We test it by computing thermodynamical observables like average energy and specific heat for simple quantum systems.

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2015-06-25 H. Jirari , H. Kröger , C. Q. Huang , J. Q. Jiang , X. Q. Luo , K. J. M. Moriarty

Monte Carlo particle transport codes are well established on classical hardware and are considered as the reference tool for nuclear applications. In a growing number of domains, the design of algorithms is progressively shifting towards…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-28 Noé Olivier , Michel Nowak

We construct an effective low-energy Hamiltonian from the classical action via Monte Carlo with importance sampling. We use Monte Carlo (i) to compute matrix elements of the transition amplitude and (ii) to construct stochastically a basis.…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2007-05-23 L. A. Caron , H. Kröger , G. Melkonyan , X. Q. Luo , K. J. M. Moriarty

Building upon Lagrangian mechanics on Wess's $q$-commutative spaces, we derive the $q$-deformed Hamiltonian dynamics as formulated by Lavagno et al. (2006). We then develop a computationally tractable scheme and propose a novel Hamiltonian…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Xiaomei Yang , Zhiliang Deng

By precisely writing down the matrix element of the local Boltzmann operator, we have proposed a new path integral formulation for quantum field theory and developed a corresponding Monte Carlo algorithm. With current formula, the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-03-08 J. Wang , W. Pan , D. Y. Sun

We study cluster perturbation theory [Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{84}, 522 (2000)] when auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo method is used for solving the cluster hamiltonian. As a case study, we calculate the spectral functions of the Hubbard…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Fei Lin , Erik S. Sorensen , Catherine Kallin , A. John Berlinsky

Monte Carlo methods use random sampling to estimate numerical quantities which are hard to compute deterministically. One important example is the use in statistical physics of rapidly mixing Markov chains to approximately compute partition…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-12 Ashley Montanaro

We solve a variety of sign problems for models in lattice field theory using the Hamiltonian formulation, including Yukawa models and simple lattice gauge theories. The solutions emerge naturally in continuous time and use the dual…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2017-04-03 Emilie Huffman

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…

Computational Physics · Physics 2011-01-28 Jindrich Kolorenc , Lubos Mitas

From its inception in the 1950s to the modern frontiers of applied statistics, Markov chain Monte Carlo has been one of the most ubiquitous and successful methods in statistical computing. In that time its development has been fueled by…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-01-11 Michael Betancourt

Sampling-based inference has seen a surge of interest in recent years. Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) has emerged as a powerful algorithm that leverages concepts from Hamiltonian dynamics to efficiently explore complex target distributions.…

Computation · Statistics 2026-04-07 Arghya Mukherjee , Dootika Vats

Path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) simulations have become an important tool for the investigation of the statistical mechanics of quantum systems. I discuss some of the history of applying the Monte Carlo method to non-relativistic quantum…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2016-11-23 Tilman Sauer

We perform a comprehensive analysis of the quantum-enhanced Monte Carlo method [Nature, 619, 282-287 (2023)], aimed at identifying the optimal working point of the algorithm. We observe an optimal mixing Hamiltonian strength and analyze the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Johannes Christmann , Petr Ivashkov , Mattia Chiurco , Guglielmo Mazzola

This article first gives a concise introduction to quantum phase transitions, emphasizing similarities with and differences to classical thermal transitions. After pointing out the computational challenges posed by quantum phase…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-12-18 Thomas Vojta

We introduce and discuss Monte Carlo methods in quantum field theories. Methods of independent Monte Carlo, such as random sampling and importance sampling, and methods of dependent Monte Carlo, such as Metropolis sampling and Hamiltonian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-01 Anosh Joseph

Quantum algorithms offer the potential for significant computational advantages; however, in many cases, it remains unclear how these advantages can be practically realized. Causal Set Theory is a discrete, Lorentz-invariant approach to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-25 Stuart Ferguson , Arad Nasiri , Petros Wallden

In this paper we explore new ways to study the zero temperature limit of quantum statistical mechanics using Quantum Monte Carlo simulations. We develop a Quantum Monte Carlo method in which one fixes the ground state energy as a parameter.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-03-30 Edward Farhi , Jeffrey Goldstone , David Gosset , Harvey B. Meyer