Quantum Monte Carlo Methods

Algorithms for Lattice Models

Philipp Werner author James Gubernatis author Naoki Kawashima author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:2nd Jun '16

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The first textbook to provide a pedagogical examination of the major algorithms used in quantum Monte Carlo simulations.

Featuring detailed explanations of the major algorithms used in quantum Monte Carlo simulations, this is the first textbook of its kind to provide a pedagogical examination of the field and its applications. This is an essential resource for graduate students, teachers, and researchers.Featuring detailed explanations of the major algorithms used in quantum Monte Carlo simulations, this is the first textbook of its kind to provide a pedagogical overview of the field and its applications. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the Monte Carlo method, its use, and its foundations, and examines algorithms for the simulation of quantum many-body lattice problems at finite and zero temperature. These algorithms include continuous-time loop and cluster algorithms for quantum spins, determinant methods for simulating fermions, power methods for computing ground and excited states, and the variational Monte Carlo method. Also discussed are continuous-time algorithms for quantum impurity models and their use within dynamical mean-field theory, along with algorithms for analytically continuing imaginary-time quantum Monte Carlo data. The parallelization of Monte Carlo simulations is also addressed. This is an essential resource for graduate students, teachers, and researchers interested in quantum Monte Carlo techniques.

'There's a lot in here but it is explained clearly with many outline algorithms and exercises … I'm sure it will become a standard reference in this area for some time because of the range of … techniques it describes and the care that has gone in to explaining them as clearly as possible given the technical nature of the subject.' Keith A. Benedict, Contemporary Physics

ISBN: 9781107006423

Dimensions: 253mm x 179mm x 26mm

Weight: 2480g

512 pages