Introduction to the diffusion Monte Carlo method

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 633-644

  Kosztin, Ioan ^a   Faber, Byron ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

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EID: 0030525754     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18168     Document Type: Article

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