Configuration path integral Monte Carlo

Contributions to Plasma Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 687-697

  Schoof, T ^a   Bonitz, M ^a   Filinov, A ^a,b   Hochstuhl, D ^a   Dufty, J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF SPECTROSCOPY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense plasmas; Path integral Monte Carlo; Quantum plasmas; Thermodynamic properties

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM THEORY; TEMPERATURE;

CONTINUOUS SPACES; DENSE PLASMA; LOWS-TEMPERATURES; MANY-PARTICLE SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; PAIR INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PATH INTEGRAL MONTE CARLO; QUANTUM PLASMAS; THERMODYNAMICS PROPERTY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 80051911040     PISSN: 08631042     EISSN: 15213986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ctpp.201100012     Document Type: Article

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