Sign problem in Monte Carlo simulations of frustrated quantum spin systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1102-1113

  Henelius, Patrik ^a   Sandvik, Anders W ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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EID: 0000743043     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.62.1102     Document Type: Article

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