Exact Monte Carlo method for continuum fermion systems

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 3547-3551

  Kalos, M H ^a   Pederiva, Francesco ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; GROUND STATE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

CONTINUUM FERMION SYSTEMS; FERMION FLUIDS; RANDOM WALKER; SCHRODINGER EQUATION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0034293934     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3547     Document Type: Article

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