Disordered quantum dots: A diffusion quantum Monte Carlo study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353041-353047

  Guclu A D ^a   Wang, Jian Sheng ^a,b   Guo, Hong ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; CALCULATION; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; DIAGONALIZATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION QUANTUM MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; HARTREE FOCK METHOD; HUND RULE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN CONFIGURATION;

EID: 0345169963     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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