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Stochastic nodal surfaces in quantum Monte Carlo calculations
Michael Hutcheon
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Treating the fermionic ground state problem as a constrained stochastic optimization problem, a formalism for fermionic quantum Monte Carlo is developed that makes no reference to a trial wavefunction. Exchange symmetry is enforced by nonlocal terms appearing in the Green's function corresponding to a new kind of walker propagation. Complemented by a treatment of diffusion that encourages the formation of a stochastic nodal surface, we find that an approximate long-range extension of walker cancellations can be employed without introducing significant bias, reducing the number of walkers required for a stable calculation. A proof-of-concept implementation is shown to give a stable fermionic ground state for simple harmonic and atomic systems.
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