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Hauptverfasser: Xiong, Yunuo, Morresi, Tommaso, Xiong, Hongwei
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2026
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28000
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author Xiong, Yunuo
Morresi, Tommaso
Xiong, Hongwei
author_facet Xiong, Yunuo
Morresi, Tommaso
Xiong, Hongwei
contents For strongly quantum-degenerate systems at finite temperatures, the fermion sign problem remains the major obstacle to first-principles simulations. In this work, we apply the recently proposed pseudo-fermion method - designed to overcome the sign problem - to strongly quantum-degenerate uniform electron gases. We find that the pseudo-fermion method can efficiently and highly accurately infer the energy of the uniform electron gas while being free from the fermion sign problem. For example, in the strongly quantum-degenerate regime where RPIMC fails (33 spin-polarized electrons at the density parameter $r_s = 0.5$), the relative deviation between the pseudo-fermion method and the exact CPIMC result is only 0.6%. In particular, the pseudo-fermion method bridges the gap where neither CPIMC nor RPIMC can accurately simulate the regime $1 \le r_s \le 2$ at the reduced temperature $θ= 0.0625$. This work demonstrates that the pseudo-fermion method opens a new pathway for studying strongly quantum-degenerate systems in a sign-problem-free manner.
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spellingShingle Simulation of strongly quantum-degenerate uniform electron gas using the pseudo-fermion method
Xiong, Yunuo
Morresi, Tommaso
Xiong, Hongwei
Computational Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
For strongly quantum-degenerate systems at finite temperatures, the fermion sign problem remains the major obstacle to first-principles simulations. In this work, we apply the recently proposed pseudo-fermion method - designed to overcome the sign problem - to strongly quantum-degenerate uniform electron gases. We find that the pseudo-fermion method can efficiently and highly accurately infer the energy of the uniform electron gas while being free from the fermion sign problem. For example, in the strongly quantum-degenerate regime where RPIMC fails (33 spin-polarized electrons at the density parameter $r_s = 0.5$), the relative deviation between the pseudo-fermion method and the exact CPIMC result is only 0.6%. In particular, the pseudo-fermion method bridges the gap where neither CPIMC nor RPIMC can accurately simulate the regime $1 \le r_s \le 2$ at the reduced temperature $θ= 0.0625$. This work demonstrates that the pseudo-fermion method opens a new pathway for studying strongly quantum-degenerate systems in a sign-problem-free manner.
title Simulation of strongly quantum-degenerate uniform electron gas using the pseudo-fermion method
topic Computational Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28000