[HTML][HTML] QMCPACK: Advances in the development, efficiency, and application of auxiliary field and real-space variational and diffusion quantum Monte Carlo

PRC Kent, A Annaberdiyev, A Benali… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We review recent advances in the capabilities of the open source ab initio Quantum Monte
Carlo (QMC) package QMCPACK and the workflow tool Nexus used for greater efficiency …

Fermion sign problem in path integral Monte Carlo simulations: Quantum dots, ultracold atoms, and warm dense matter

T Dornheim - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
The ab initio thermodynamic simulation of correlated Fermi systems is of central importance
for many applications, such as warm dense matter, electrons in quantum dots, and ultracold …

[HTML][HTML] Effective electronic forces and potentials from ab initio path integral Monte Carlo simulations

T Dornheim, P Tolias, ZA Moldabekov… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The rigorous description of correlated quantum many-body systems constitutes one of the
most challenging tasks in contemporary physics and related disciplines. In this context, a …

Analytical representation of the local field correction of the uniform electron gas within the effective static approximation

T Dornheim, ZA Moldabekov, P Tolias - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
The description of electronic exchange-correlation effects is of paramount importance for
many applications in physics, chemistry, and beyond. In a recent paper, Dornheim et …

On the potentially transformative role of auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo in quantum chemistry: A highly accurate method for transition metals and beyond

J Shee, JL Weber, DR Reichman… - The Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Approximate solutions to the ab initio electronic structure problem have been a focus of
theoretical and computational chemistry research for much of the past century, with the goal …

[HTML][HTML] A phaseless auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo perspective on the uniform electron gas at finite temperatures: Issues, observations, and benchmark study

J Lee, MA Morales, FD Malone - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the viability of the phaseless finite-temperature auxiliary-field quantum Monte
Carlo (ph-FT-AFQMC) method for ab initio systems using the uniform electron gas as a …

The shape of full configuration interaction to come

JJ Eriksen - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present a Perspective on what the future holds for full configuration interaction (FCI)
theory, with an emphasis on conceptual rather than technical details. Upon revisiting the …

Attenuating the fermion sign problem in path integral Monte Carlo simulations using the Bogoliubov inequality and thermodynamic integration

T Dornheim, M Invernizzi, J Vorberger… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Accurate thermodynamic simulations of correlated fermions using path integral Monte Carlo
(PIMC) methods are of paramount importance for many applications such as the description …

Utilizing Essential Symmetry Breaking in Auxiliary-Field Quantum Monte Carlo: Application to the Spin Gaps of the C36 Fullerene and an Iron Porphyrin Model …

J Lee, FD Malone, MA Morales - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present three distinct examples where phaseless auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo
(ph-AFQMC) can be reliably performed with a single-determinant trial wave function with …

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming finite-size effects in electronic structure simulations at extreme conditions

T Dornheim, J Vorberger - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Ab initio quantum Monte Carlo methods, in principle, allow for the calculation of exact
properties of correlated many-electron systems but are, in general, limited to the simulation …