Stochastic Simulations of Clusters: Quantum Methods in Flat and Curved Spaces

　　Gleaning valuable information from recent research in this area, Stochastic Simulations of Clusters presents advanced quantum simulation techniques for condensed matter. The book develops finite temperature statistical simulation tools and real-time algorithms for the exact solution of the Schrödinger equation. It draws on potential energy models to gain insight into the behavior of minima and transition states. Using Monte Carlo methods as well as ground state variational and diffusion Monte Carlo simulations, the author explains how to obtain temperature and quantum effects. He also shows how the path integral approach enables the study of quantum effects at finite temperatures.