HQOC/ITAMP Joint Quantum Sciences Seminar
Wednesday, October 31st * 4:00 PM * Jefferson 250
Guest Presenter: Dr. Alexey Rubtsov, Moscow State University
"Continuous-time Quantum Monte Carlo: at the heart of in silico
modeling of correlated systems"
A description of strongly correlated quantum ensembles remains a major
challenge for physicists. In particular, electron correlations in solids
are responsible for the magnetism, high-Tc superconductivity, remarkable
optic and transport peculiarities, Kondo physics, etc. Contemporary
analysis of correlated solids employs an effective-medium paradigm, so
that the description of the entire solid is reduced to so-called
impurity model, describing a single atom (or small cluster of atoms)
placed in a bath. Although there is no general analytical solution for
impurity models, they can be treated numerically, using Continuous-time
Quantum Monte Carlo (CT-QMC) family of algorithms. These novel methods
are based on a stochastic path-integral calculation for quantum
statistical averages. The key ideas and state-of-art achievements of the
CT-QMC methods will be discussed; examples of specific calculations will
be given. We will also touch an application of CT-QMC to other systems,
in particular to the ultracold atom ensembles. Finally, current
unresolved issues in the field will be pointed out.
*Student presentation by: David Benjamin
"Microscopic Theory of Resonant Soft x-ray Scattering"
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