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View SchemaComputational methods in Coupled Electron-Ion Monte Carlo
| Authors | Carlo Pierleoni, David M. Ceperley |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0501013 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0501013 |
Abstract
In the last few years we have been developing a Monte Carlo simulation method to cope with systems of many electrons and ions in the Born-Oppenheimer (BO) approximation, the Coupled Electron-Ion Monte Carlo Method (CEIMC). Electronic properties in CEIMC are computed by Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) rather than by Density Functional Theory (DFT) based techniques. CEIMC can, in principle, overcome some of the limitations of the present DFT based ab initio dynamical methods. Application of the new method to high pressure metallic hydrogen has recently appeared. In this paper we present a new sampling algorithm that we have developed in the framework of the Reptation Quantum Monte Carlo (RQMC) method chosen to sample the electronic degrees of freedom, thereby improving its efficiency. Moreover, we show here that, at least for the case of metallic hydrogen, variational estimates of the electronic energies lead to an accurate sampling of the proton degrees of freedom.
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"abstract": "In the last few years we have been developing a Monte Carlo simulation method\nto cope with systems of many electrons and ions in the Born-Oppenheimer (BO)\napproximation, the Coupled Electron-Ion Monte Carlo Method (CEIMC). Electronic\nproperties in CEIMC are computed by Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) rather than by\nDensity Functional Theory (DFT) based techniques. CEIMC can, in principle,\novercome some of the limitations of the present DFT based ab initio dynamical\nmethods. Application of the new method to high pressure metallic hydrogen has\nrecently appeared. In this paper we present a new sampling algorithm that we\nhave developed in the framework of the Reptation Quantum Monte Carlo (RQMC)\nmethod chosen to sample the electronic degrees of freedom, thereby improving\nits efficiency. Moreover, we show here that, at least for the case of metallic\nhydrogen, variational estimates of the electronic energies lead to an accurate\nsampling of the proton degrees of freedom.",
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"title": "Computational methods in Coupled Electron-Ion Monte Carlo",
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