Monte Carlo diagonalization of many-body problems: Application to fermion systems

Hans De Raedt; Wolfgang von der Linden

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.45.8787

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Monte Carlo diagonalization of many-body problems: Application to fermion systems

Hans De Raedt and Wolfgang von der Linden

Phys. Rev. B 45, 8787(R) – Published 15 April 1992

Abstract

Existing quantum Monte Carlo algorithms suffer the so-called minus-sign problem. We propose a stochastic algorithm to compute ground-state properties of quantum lattice models that is free of minus-sign problems. Illustrative results for the two-dimensional Hubbard model are presented.

Received 3 September 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.45.8787

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Hans De Raedt

Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 46, NL-9747 A6 Groningen, The Netherlands
IBM Research Division Zurich, Zürich Research Laboratory, CH-8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland

Wolfgang von der Linden

Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, D-8046 Garching bei München, Federal Republic of Germany

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