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020 _a9783527408511
020 _a9783527408511 (print : alk. paper)
020 _z9783527675746 (ePDF)
020 _z9783527675326 (ePub)
020 _z9783527675319 (mobi)
041 _aEnglish
042 _apcc
082 _a518.282
_bSCH
100 1 _aSchattke, Wolfgang,
245 1 0 _aQuantum Monte Carlo Programming :
_bfor Atoms, Molecules, Clusters, and Solids /
_cWolfgang Schattke and Ricardo Díez Muiño.
300 _axii, 279 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
500 _aQuantum Monte Carlo is a large class of computer algorithms that simulate quantum systems to solve many body systems in order to investigate the electronic structure of many-body systems. This book presents a numeric approach to determine the electronic structure of atoms, molecules and solids. Because of the simplicity of its theoretical concept, the authors focus on the variational Quantum-Monte-Carlo (VQMC) scheme. The reader is enabled to proceed from simple examples as the hydrogen atom to advanced ones as the Lithium solid. Several intermediate steps cover the Hydrogen molecule, how to deal with a two electron systems, going over to three electrons, and expanding to an arbitrary number of electrons to finally treat the three-dimensional periodic array of Lithium atoms in a crystal. The exmples in the field of VQMC are followed by the subject of diffusion Monte-Calro (DMC) which covers a common example, the harmonic ascillator. The book is unique as it provides both theory and numerical programs. It includes rather practical advices to do what is usually described in a theoretical textbook, and presents in more detail the physical understanding of what the manual of a code usually promises as result. Detailed derivations can be found at the appendix, and the references are chosen with respect to their use for specifying details or getting an deeper understanding . The authors address an introductory readership in condensed matter physics, computational phyiscs, chemistry and materials science. As the text is intended to open the reader's view towards various possibilities of choices of computing schemes connected with the method of QMC, it might also become a welcome literature for researchers who would like to know more about QMC methods. The book is accompanied with a collection of programs, routines, and data. To download the codes, please follow http://www.wiley-vch.de/books/sample/3527408517-codes.tar.gz
505 _aA first monte-carlo example Variational Quantum-Monte-Carlo for a One-Electron System Two electrons with two adiabatically decoupled nuclei: Hydrogen molecule Three electrons: Lithium Atom Many- electron confined systems Many- electron atomic aggregates: Lithium cluster Infinite number of electrons: Lithium solid Diffusion quantum Monte- Carlo (DQMC)
650 0 _aMonte Carlo method.
700 1 _aDíez Muiño, Ricardo,
942 _2ddc
_cBOOKS
100 1 _eauthor.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index.
700 1 _eauthor.
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