Multilevel Blocking Approach to the Fermion Sign Problem in Path-Integral Monte Carlo Simulations
Chi H. Mak, Reinhold Egger, H. Weber-Gottschick
A general algorithm toward the solution of the fermion sign problem in finite-temperature quantum Monte Carlo simulations has been formulated for discretized fermion path integrals with nearest-neighbor interactions in the Trotter direction. This multilevel approach systematically implements a simple blocking strategy in a recursive manner to synthesize the sign cancellations among different fermionic paths throughout the whole configuration space. The practical usefulness of the method is demonstrated for interacting electrons in a quantum dot.
arXiv:cond-mat/9810002•Physical Review Letters•Nov 23, 1998•70 citations