Quantum Monte Carlo Methods in Condensed Matter Physics

by Suzuki, M.

• ISBN13: 9789810216597
• ISBN10: 9810216599
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-12-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Table of Contents

Preface
General Decomposition Theory of Exponential Operators	p. 1
Quantum Monte Carlo and Related Methods - Recent Developments	p. 13
Monte Carlo Renormalization Group Study of the D=1 XXZ Model	p. 49
Overcoming Critical Slowing Down in Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations	p. 65
Quantum Manybody Spin Systems in Random Fields and Anisotropies	p. 81
Inhomogeneity Effects in Quantum Spin Systems	p. 97
The Quantum Transfer Matrix and Its Application to Quantum Spin Chains	p. 113
Transfer Matrices in Quantum Many-Body Systems	p. 131
Monte Carlo Calculations of Elementary Excitation	p. 149
The Decoupled Cell Method of Quantum Monte Carlo Calculation	p. 163
Decoupled Cell Monte Carlo Study of the Critical Properties of the Spin-1/2 Ferromagnetic Heisenberg Model in Three Dimensions	p. 179
Variational Monte Carlo Studies of Correlated Electrons	p. 193
Quantum Monte Carlo Simulation of Multiband Fermion Systems and its Application to Superconductivity	p. 205
Quantum Monte Carlo in the Infinite Dimensional Limit	p. 221
Aspects of the Sign Problem	p. 235
Quantum Simulations of the Degenerate Single-Impurity Anderson Model	p. 251
Quantum Monte Carlo Simulation by Auxiliary Fields	p. 265
Ground-State Projection Using Auxiliary Fields	p. 285
Fermion Simulations of Correlated Systems	p. 299
Dirty Bosons in 2D: Phases and Phase Transitions	p. 317
Path-Integral Quantum Monte Carlo Studies of the Static and Time-Dependent Thermodynamics of the Vibrational Properties of Crystals	p. 339
Relaxation of Quantum Systems in Fluctuating Media	p. 355
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