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Quantum Monte Carlo techniques provide a new method for studying the properties of condensed matter systems. A review of this approach and the type of information which it can provide is given.
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Scalapino, D.J. Simulations: A tool for studying quantum condensed matter systems. J Stat Phys 43, 757–770 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02628303
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