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TUT: Tutorials

TUT 2: Tutorial: Advanced Algorithms for Correlated Quantum Matter (TT)

TUT 2.3: Tutorial

Sunday, March 30, 2014, 17:40–18:25, HSZ 04

Quantum Monte Carlo Methods — •Stefan Wessel — Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

This tutorial will introduce the basic ideas behind modern quantum Monte Carlo simulation methods, focusing on world-line approaches for quantum spin systems. In particular, the cluster-based loop algorithm in the continuous-time formulation as well as the stochastic series expansion and the directed loop update approach will be presented. The advantages and limitations of these simulations methods will be discussed.