Fast and stable determinant quantum Monte Carlo

Bauer, Carsten

doi:10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.2.2.011

SciPost Physics Core

Fast and stable determinant quantum Monte Carlo

Carsten Bauer

SciPost Phys. Core 2, 011 (2020) · published 29 June 2020

doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.2.2.011
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Abstract

We assess numerical stabilization methods employed in fermion many-body quantum Monte Carlo simulations. In particular, we empirically compare various matrix decomposition and inversion schemes to gain control over numerical instabilities arising in the computation of equal-time and time-displaced Green's functions within the determinant quantum Monte Carlo (DQMC) framework. Based on this comparison, we identify a procedure based on pivoted QR decompositions which is both efficient and accurate to machine precision. The Julia programming language is used for the assessment and implementations of all discussed algorithms are provided in the open-source software library StableDQMC.jl [http://github.com/crstnbr/StableDQMC.jl].

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A1  - Bauer, Carsten
AB  - We assess numerical stabilization methods employed in fermion many-body quantum Monte Carlo simulations. In particular, we empirically compare various matrix decomposition and inversion schemes to gain control over numerical instabilities arising in the computation of equal-time and time-displaced Green's functions within the determinant quantum Monte Carlo (DQMC) framework. Based on this comparison, we identify a procedure based on pivoted QR decompositions which is both efficient and accurate to machine precision. The Julia programming language is used for the assessment and implementations of all discussed algorithms are provided in the open-source software library StableDQMC.jl [http://github.com/crstnbr/StableDQMC.jl].
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@Article{10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.2.2.011,
	title={{Fast and stable determinant quantum Monte Carlo}},
	author={Carsten Bauer},
	journal={SciPost Phys. Core},
	volume={2},
	pages={011},
	year={2020},
	publisher={SciPost},
	doi={10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.2.2.011},
	url={https://scipost.org/10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.2.2.011},
}

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¹ Carsten Bauer

¹ Universität zu Köln / University of Cologne [UoC]

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft / German Research FoundationDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DFG]