Path integral Monte Carlo simulation of charged particles in traps

This chapter is devoted to the computation of equilibrium (thermodynamic) properties of quantum systems. In particular, we will be interested in the situation where the interaction between particles is so strong that it cannot be treated as a small perturbation. For weakly coupled systems many effic...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2006-11
Main Authors: Filinov, Alexei, Böning, Jens, Bonitz, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Charged particles
Computer simulation
Monte Carlo simulation
Perturbation methods
Plasmas
Thermodynamic equilibrium
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Summary:This chapter is devoted to the computation of equilibrium (thermodynamic) properties of quantum systems. In particular, we will be interested in the situation where the interaction between particles is so strong that it cannot be treated as a small perturbation. For weakly coupled systems many efficient theoretical and computational techniques do exist. However, for strongly interacting systems such as nonideal gases or plasmas, strongly correlated electrons and so on, perturbation methods fail and alternative approaches are needed. Among them, an extremely successful one is the Monte Carlo (MC) method which we are going to consider in this chapter.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0611558