Convergence behaviour of Green's function quantum Monte Carlo simulations of pi electron systems

ISSN： 1362-3028

Source： Molecular Physics, Vol.92, Iss.6, 1997-12, pp. : 997-1006

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Abstract

Green's function quantum Monte Carlo (GF QMC) simulations of fermionic ensembles require the definition of a so-called spectral parameter W to yield trustworthy estimates of the fully correlated ground state energy E . In the present work we discuss the influence of the shift parameter, W , on the convergence behaviour of GF QMC simulations. As model systems we have considered some pi molecules which are studied in the framework of the Pariser-ParrPople (PPP) Hamiltonian. The influence of the W parameter on the convergence of the GF QMC simulations in many-electron systems with an odd number of electronic permutations within one spin direction exceeds the influence observed in systems without such odd permutations. They do not occur in polyenes and Huckel annulenes with an electron count of (4 n + 2) ( n = 0, 1, 2. . .). The GF QMC technique adopted as a computational tool has been developed to study pi molecules with fermionic sign problems owing to odd electronic interchanges within one spin direction.