Semigroup approach to the sign problem in quantum Monte Carlo simulations

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Main Author: Wei, Zhong-Chao
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contents We propose a framework based on the concept of the semigroup to understand the fermion sign problem. By using properties of contraction semigroups, we obtain sufficient conditions for quantum lattice fermion models to be sign-problem-free. Many previous results can be considered as special cases of our new results. As a direct application of our new results, we construct a class of sign-problem-free fermion lattice models, which cannot be understood by previous frameworks. This framework also provides an interesting aspect in understanding related quantum many-body systems. We establish a series of inequalities for all the sign-problem-free fermion lattice models that satisfy our sufficient conditions.
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spellingShingle Semigroup approach to the sign problem in quantum Monte Carlo simulations
Wei, Zhong-Chao
Strongly Correlated Electrons
High Energy Physics - Lattice
Mathematical Physics
Nuclear Theory
We propose a framework based on the concept of the semigroup to understand the fermion sign problem. By using properties of contraction semigroups, we obtain sufficient conditions for quantum lattice fermion models to be sign-problem-free. Many previous results can be considered as special cases of our new results. As a direct application of our new results, we construct a class of sign-problem-free fermion lattice models, which cannot be understood by previous frameworks. This framework also provides an interesting aspect in understanding related quantum many-body systems. We establish a series of inequalities for all the sign-problem-free fermion lattice models that satisfy our sufficient conditions.
title Semigroup approach to the sign problem in quantum Monte Carlo simulations
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
High Energy Physics - Lattice
Mathematical Physics
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.09412