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Langevin dynamics for linear scaling quantum Monte Carlo

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Abstract

We discuss recent advances in quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) sampling for models of interacting electrons. A shortcoming of traditional determinant QMC is its cubic scaling with system size. The alternative Langevin approach offers, in principle, linear scaling. With some new tricks, the Langevin method can be very competitive with determinant QMC. Applications to the Holstein model of electron-phonon interactions will be presented.

Presenters

  • Kipton Barros

    Theoretical Division and CNLS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos Natl Lab

Authors

  • Kipton Barros

    Theoretical Division and CNLS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Benjamin Cohen-Stead

    University of California, Davis, Physics, UC Davis

  • George Batrouni

    Universite Cote d’Azur, INPHYNI, CNRS, 0600 Nice, France, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, Institut de Physique de Nice, Universite de Nice-Sophia Antipolis

  • Richard Theodore Scalettar

    University of California, Davis, Physics, UC Davis, UC Davis