Quantum Monte Carlo Methods at Work for Novel Phases of Matter
Trieste, Italy, Jan 23 - Feb 3, 2012

Anders W. Sandvik, Boston University

In these lectures I discuss quantum Monte Carlo simulations of quantum spin systems. Finite-temperature (Lecture 1) and ground state (Lecture 2) methods are discussed in sufficient detail to understand the workings of the most efficient program implementations for S=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnetis and extensions including multi-spin interactions ("J-Q" models). The program implementations are further discussed and used in the afternoon tutorials (directed by Ying Tang). In the third lecture I discuss the quantum phase transition between a Neel antiferromagnet and a valence-bond-solid in the J-Q model; the best candidate so far for a "deconfined" quantum-critical point.

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 Lecture slides SSE quantum Monte Carlo (Jan 30) Projector Monte Carlo (Jan 31)    Animation: 1D VBS at J/Q=0    Animation: 1D VBS at J/Q=1/2    Animation: 1D VBS at (J/Q)c Case study: Neel to valence-bond-solid transition in 2D (Feb 1)    Animation: 1D VBS with one spinon    Animation: 1D VBS with two spinons
   Animation: Build-up of 2D VBS distribution

Tutorials (instructor: Ying Tang, Boston University)

 SSE QMC for S=1/2 Heisenberg model (Jan 30) Instructions (+ results added after) Code: ssebasic.f90 (simulation program; output should be processed by 'sseres.f90') Code: sseres.f90 (program to compute averages and error bars from output of ssebasic.f90)

 Projector QMC for S=1/2 Heisenberg model (Jan 31) Instructions (+ results added after) Code: probasic.f90 (simulation program; output should be processed by 'prores.f90') Code: prores.f90 (program to compute averages and error bars from output of probasic.f90)

 Projector QMC for J-Q3 chain (Jan 31) Instructions (+ results added after) Code: jq3chain.f90 (simulation program; output should be processed by 'jq3res.f90') Code: jq3res.f90 (program to compute averages and error bars from output of jq3chain.f90)

Some of this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (USA) under Grants DMR-0803510 and DMR-1104708. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material a re those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation