Quantum Monte Carlo Methods in Physics and Chemistry

This book brings together some of the most important scientific works in the Quantum Monte Carlo literature. In particular, Variational and Diffusion Monte Carlo, Auxiliary Fields or Shell Model Quantum Monte Carlo, Path Integral and Constrained Path Quantum Monte Carlo have been widely discussed interlacing together theory and applications. A new Quantum Monte Carlo scheme adept of a direct stochastic sampling of the density matrix is also addressed. For physical chemists and molecular physicists or any researcher interested in computer optimization or statistical sampling-this book is an invaluable source of cutting-edge techniques.