Solving the fermion sign problem in quantum Monte Carlo simulations by Majorana representation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 24, 2015, Pages

  Li, Zi Xiang ^a   Jiang, Yi Fan ^a,b   Yao, Hong ^a,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter   (China)

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EID: 84935107197     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.241117     Document Type: Article

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