{
  "id": "cond-mat/9810002",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1998-10-01T09:10:41.000Z",
  "updated": "1998-10-01T09:10:41.000Z",
  "title": "Multilevel blocking approach to the fermion sign problem in path-integral Monte Carlo simulations",
  "authors": [
    "C. H. Mak",
    "R. Egger",
    "H. Weber-Gottschick"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages RevTeX, incl. two figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4533 (1998)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4533",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "A general algorithm toward the solution of the fermion sign problem in finite-temperature quantum Monte Carlo simulations has been formulated for discretized fermion path integrals with nearest-neighbor interactions in the Trotter direction. This multilevel approach systematically implements a simple blocking strategy in a recursive manner to synthesize the sign cancellations among different fermionic paths throughout the whole configuration space. The practical usefulness of the method is demonstrated for interacting electrons in a quantum dot.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1998-10-01T09:10:41.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "path-integral monte carlo simulations",
      "fermion sign problem",
      "multilevel blocking approach",
      "finite-temperature quantum monte carlo simulations"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}