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Monte Carlo Hamiltonian: Generalization to Quantum Field Theory

Xiang-Qian Luo, Jirari, H, Kröger, H, Moriarty, K

Published Jan 1, 2001• 3 citations
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Abstract

Monte Carlo techniques with importance sampling have been extensively applied to lattice gauge theory in the Lagrangian formulation. Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult to compute the excited states using the conventional Monte Carlo algorithm. Our recently developed approach: the Monte Carlo Hamiltonian method, has been designed to overcome the difficulties of the conventional approach. In this paper, we extend the method to many body systems and quantum field theory. The Klein-Gordon field theory is used as a testing ground. 1

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