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Monte carlo methods in quantum many-body theories

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Microscopic Quantum Many-Body Theories and Their Applications

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This is an introduction of Monte Carlo methods for beginners and their application to some quantum many-body problems. Special emphasis is done on the methodology and the general characteristics of Monte Carlo calculations. An introduction to the applications to many-body physics, specifically the Variational Monte Carlo and the Green Function Monte Carlo, is also included.

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Guardiola, R. (1998). Monte carlo methods in quantum many-body theories. In: Navarro, J., Polls, A. (eds) Microscopic Quantum Many-Body Theories and Their Applications. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 510. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0104529

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