This work presents the fundamental background and current status of the application of Monte Carlo methods to the determination of correlation in electronic structure.
Monte Carlo methods in Ab Initio quantum chemistry / B.L. Hammond, W. A. Lester, Jr., P.J. Reynolds
Creators
Hammond, B. L.
Subject
Quantum chemistry
Monte Carlo method
Publisher
World Scientific, 1994
National Library Board Singapore, 1994
Contributors
Lester, W. A.
Reynolds, Peter J. (Peter James)
Digital Description
application/pdf, xiv, 304 p.
Table of Contents
Preface -- 1. Introduction to Monte Carlo methods -- 2. Variational methods -- 3. Green's function methods -- 4. Treating fermions -- 5. Variational trial functions -- 6. Excited states -- 7. Electronic properties -- 8. Derivatives and finite differences -- 9. Heavy atoms -- A. Atomic units -- B. Evaluating the trial function -- C. Sample diffusion Monte Carlo program -- D. Bibliography.
Copyright
All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.