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I am trying to do some Monte Carlo simulations for Pfaffian state from Fractional Quantum Hall effect. I am wondering what is the energy functional for v=5/2 Moore-Read state?

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What do you mean by the "energy functional"? The energy as a function of the fermionic fields? Also, how do you do Monte Carlo for a Pfaffian system? Genuinely curious, because Pfaffian fermions have a horror of a sign problem--- if you could elaborate, perhaps somebody would know the answer. – Ron Maimon Aug 19 '11 at 8:59

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