Jim Gubernatis
Constrained Path Monte Carlo: Issues and Applications. Real-time dynamics

I will briefly summarize the increasing number of applications and extenstions of the constrained-path Monte Carlo method (CPMC) to lattice models of interacting electrons. Principally three topics will be discussed: 1) the overcompleteness of the basis and its implication for the boundedness of energy estimators, 2) the utilization of strongly correlated trial wavefunctions, and 3) the computation of imaginary-time dependent correlation functions. I will conclude with remarks about extensions in progress and areas needing additional development.
NATO ASI, Cornell Theory Center,
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