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Phase-Space Methods for Fermions

Philippe Corboz, Magnus Ögren, Karen V. Kheruntsyan, Joel Frederick Corney

Published Mar 18, 2013• 3 citations
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Abstract

We review phase-space simulation techniques for fermions, showing how a Gaussian operator basis leads to exact calculations of the evolution of a many-body quantum system in both real and imaginary ...
DOI
10.1142/9781848168121_0027

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