An Exact Monte Carlo Method for Continuum Fermion Systems
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- 13 January 2000
Abstract
We offer a new proposal for the Monte Carlo treatment of many-fermion systems in continuous space. It is based upon Diffusion Monte Carlo with significant modifications: correlated pairs of random walkers that carry opposite signs; different functions ``guide'' walkers of different signs; the Gaussians used for members of a pair are correlated; walkers can cancel so as to conserve their expected future contributions. We report results for free-fermion systems and a fermion fluid with 14 $^3$He atoms, where it proves stable and correct. Its computational complexity grows with particle number, but slowly enough to make interesting physics within reach of contemporary computers.Keywords
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- Version 1, 2000-01-13, ArXiv
- Published version: Physical Review Letters, 85 (17), 3547.
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