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What states are satisfying an entropic area law and why do they satisfy it? More specificly why do matrix product states satisfy it?
I am currently reading some papers concerning the question why the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method is working well for simulating one dimensional systems and bad for higher ...
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Difference between Monte Carlo and Quantum Monte Carlo methods?
What are the differences between Classical Monte Carlo methods and Quantum Monte Carlo methods in condensed matter physics? If one want to study strongly correlated systems with Quantum Monte Carlo ...
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Where does Computer Science background students fit in Theoretical Physics [closed]
I am basically an Electronics student - background in computer science (that's where I want to work). I applied for an internship in USA in a research institute where the group is focused in ...
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Can I use imaginary time propagation for many-body problems?
There are various ways to numerically find the ground state energy and wavefunction of a many-body Hamiltonian. You can diagonalize the Hamiltonian and pick out the lowest eigenstate, or you use ...
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In condensed matter simulations, how is particle number density computed in practice?
I have been reading a recent paper. In it, the authors performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of parallel-plate supercapacitors, in which liquid resides between the parallel-plate electrodes. ...
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Why is the canonical ($NVT$) ensemble often used for (classical) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations?
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is a common approach to the (classical) many-body problem. It relies on integration of Newton's equations of motion to simulate the trajectories of many (e.g., ...
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Consideration of static atomic displacements in electronic structure calculations
I am hoping to discuss some details of electronic structure calculations. I am not an expert on this topic, so please forgive any abuse of terminology. It is my understanding that first principles ...
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Looking for a good introductory-level review of pseudopotential methods
I'm looking for a good introductory-level review of pseudopotential methods. In particular, I'd like to understand how the self-consistent pseudopotential methods work.
