Author : W. A. Lester
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789810230098
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (3 download)
Book Synopsis Recent Advances in Quantum Monte Carlo Methods by : W. A. Lester
Download or read book Recent Advances in Quantum Monte Carlo Methods written by W. A. Lester and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1997 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) method is gaining interest as a complement to basis set ab initio methods in cases where high accuracy computation of atomic and molecular properties is desired. This volume focuses on recent advances in this area. QMC as used here refers to methods that directly solve the Schrdinger equation, for example, diffusion and Green's function Monte Carlo, as well as variational Monte Carlo. The latter is an approach to computing atomic and molecular properties by the Monte Carlo method that has fundamental similarities to basis set methods with the exception that the limitation to one-particle basis functions to facilitate integral evaluation is avoided. This feature makes possible the consideration of many-body wave functions containing explicitly interparticle distances ? a capability common to all variants of QMC.