The early years of quantum Monte Carlo (1): the ground state

IF 0.8 4区物理与天体物理 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

The European Physical Journal H Pub Date : 2021-06-08 DOI:10.1140/epjh/s13129-021-00017-6

Michel Mareschal

引用次数: 3

Abstract

The history of the development of Monte Carlo methods to solve the many-body problem in quantum mechanics is presented. The relation starts with the early attempts on first available computers just after the war and extends until the years 80s with the celebrated calculation of the electron gas by Ceperley and Alder. Usage is made of an interview of David Ceperley by the author.

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早期的量子蒙特卡罗(1):基态

介绍了量子力学中求解多体问题的蒙特卡罗方法的发展历史。这种关系始于战后第一台可用计算机的早期尝试，一直延续到80年代塞珀利和奥尔德对电子气体的著名计算。引用了作者对David Ceperley的一次采访。

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The European Physical Journal H HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE-PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

CiteScore

1.60

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

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