Chemistry Publications and Other Works
Source Publication (e.g., journal title)
Physical Review E
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2006
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevE.73.056706
Abstract
We consider the influence of population size on the accuracy of diffusion quantum Monte Carlo simulations that employ descendant weighting or forward walking techniques to compute expectation values of observables that do not commute with the Hamiltonian. We show that for a simple model system, the d-dimensional isotropic harmonic oscillator, the population size must increase rapidly with d in order to ensure that the simulations produce accurate results. When the population size is too small, expectation values computed using descendant-weighted diffusion quantum Monte Carlo simulations exhibit significant systematic biases.
Recommended Citation
Warren, G. Lee and Hinde, Robert J., "Population size bias in descendant-weighted diffusion quantum Monte Carlo simulations" (2006). Chemistry Publications and Other Works.
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