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Improved diffusion Monte Carlo propagators for bosonic systems using Itô calculus.

P Håkansson1, M Mella, Dario Bressanini

  • 1School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK.

The Journal of Chemical Physics
|November 23, 2006
PubMed
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Second-order accurate importance sampled diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) schemes are developed. Predictor-corrector methods demonstrate superior efficiency and reduced time step bias for bosonic systems compared to split-operator schemes.

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Area of Science:

  • Computational Quantum Chemistry
  • Quantum Monte Carlo Methods
  • Many-Body Physics

Background:

  • Diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) is a powerful quantum mechanical simulation technique.
  • Importance sampling improves the efficiency of DMC by guiding the random walk.
  • Accurate numerical solutions of stochastic differential equations (SDEs) are crucial for high-order DMC schemes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To construct and analyze second-order accurate importance sampled DMC schemes.
  • To investigate the numerical solution of SDEs associated with the Fokker-Planck equation for importance sampling.
  • To compare the efficiency and accuracy of predictor-corrector methods against split-operator schemes.

Main Methods:

  • Development of stochastic predictor-corrector schemes consistent with Itô calculus for solving SDEs.

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  • Application of these schemes in DMC simulations of helium clusters.
  • Numerical comparison with second-order split-operator algorithms derived from Fokker-Planck operator splitting.

    • Main Results:

    • Predictor-corrector methods achieve second-order accuracy in the time step for importance sampled DMC.
    • These methods exhibit a smaller time step bias compared to split-operator schemes.
    • Predictor-corrector schemes demonstrate better computational efficiency for ensemble averages of bosonic systems.

    Conclusions:

    • Stochastic predictor-corrector schemes provide an accurate and efficient approach for second-order importance sampled DMC.
    • These methods outperform split-operator schemes in terms of efficiency and time step bias for bosonic systems.
    • The study discusses the potential for extending predictor-corrector methods to higher orders of accuracy.