Path-integral Monte Carlo estimator for the dipole polarizability of quantum plasma

Fuente: arXiv
Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tiihonen, Juha, Trejo-Garcia, David, Rantala, Tapio T., Ornigotti, Marco
Formato: Preprint
Publicado: 2025
Materias:
Acceso en línea:
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
_version_ 1866918396752297984
author Tiihonen, Juha
Trejo-Garcia, David
Rantala, Tapio T.
Ornigotti, Marco
author_facet Tiihonen, Juha
Trejo-Garcia, David
Rantala, Tapio T.
Ornigotti, Marco
contents We present a path-integral Monte Carlo estimator for calculating the dipole polarizability of interacting Coulomb plasma in the long-wavelength limit, i.e., the optical region. We present comprehensive details and method validation studies for our approach based on both collective and one-particle dipole autocorrelation functions in the imaginary time. The simulation of thermal equilibrium in imaginary time has exact Coulomb interactions and Boltzmann quantum statistics. For reference, we use analytically continued Drude model as the long-wavelength limit of the Lindhard response. Our collective response shows perfect match to the analytical reference. The one-particle response is used in systematic studies of physical and numerical parameters, and to discuss the phenomenological Drude scattering model.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2510_26836
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Path-integral Monte Carlo estimator for the dipole polarizability of quantum plasma
Tiihonen, Juha
Trejo-Garcia, David
Rantala, Tapio T.
Ornigotti, Marco
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Plasma Physics
Quantum Physics
We present a path-integral Monte Carlo estimator for calculating the dipole polarizability of interacting Coulomb plasma in the long-wavelength limit, i.e., the optical region. We present comprehensive details and method validation studies for our approach based on both collective and one-particle dipole autocorrelation functions in the imaginary time. The simulation of thermal equilibrium in imaginary time has exact Coulomb interactions and Boltzmann quantum statistics. For reference, we use analytically continued Drude model as the long-wavelength limit of the Lindhard response. Our collective response shows perfect match to the analytical reference. The one-particle response is used in systematic studies of physical and numerical parameters, and to discuss the phenomenological Drude scattering model.
title Path-integral Monte Carlo estimator for the dipole polarizability of quantum plasma
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Plasma Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26836