Electronic structure quantum Monte Carlo

Acta Physica Slovaca

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-168

  Bajdich, Michal ^a   Mitas, Lubos ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational methods; Condensed matter; Correlated electrons; Electronic structure; Fermion nodes; Pfaffians; Quantum Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749102306     PISSN: 03230465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10155-010-0095-7     Document Type: Article

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