Applications of quantum Monte Carlo methods in condensed systems

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Kolorenč, Jindřich ^a,b   Mitas, Lubos ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951586475     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/74/2/026502     Document Type: Article

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