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ProfessorDimitriVvedensky

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Professor of Physics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 7605d.vvedensky Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mrs Carolyn Dale +44 (0)20 7594 7579

 
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Location

 

813Blackett LaboratorySouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Westbroek:2018:10.1119/1.5024926,
author = {Westbroek, MJE and King, PR and Vvedensky, DD and Dürr, S},
doi = {10.1119/1.5024926},
journal = {American Journal of Physics},
pages = {293--304},
title = {User's guide to Monte Carlo methods for evaluating path integrals},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.5024926},
volume = {86},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We give an introduction to the calculation of path integrals on a lattice, with the quantum harmonic oscillator as an example. In addition to providing an explicit computational setup and corresponding pseudocode, we pay particular attention to the existence of autocorrelations and the calculation of reliable errors. The over-relaxation technique is presented as a way to counter strong autocorrelations. The simulation methods can be extended to compute observables for path integrals in other settings.
AU  - Westbroek,MJE
AU  - King,PR
AU  - Vvedensky,DD
AU  - Dürr,S
DO  - 10.1119/1.5024926
EP  - 304
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 0002-9505
SP  - 293
TI  - User's guide to Monte Carlo methods for evaluating path integrals
T2  - American Journal of Physics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.5024926
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/58532
VL  - 86
ER  -
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