For more information about this meeting, contact Hope Shaffer, Jinchao Xu, Kris Jenssen.
| Title: | Quantum Monte Carlo |
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| Seminar: | Computational and Applied Mathematics Colloquium |
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| Speaker: | James Anderson, Penn State University, Department of Chemistry |
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| Abstract: |
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| Quantum Monte Carlo is the term applied to several numerical
> methods using Monte Carlo techniques to obtain solutions to
> Schrodinger's time-independent equation of quantum mechanics. The most
> important of these methods, diffusion Quantum Monte Carlo, was originally
> suggested by Fermi and discussed by Ulam in the 1940's. In this
> variation the Schrodinger equation is simulated as a modified diffusion
> equation with a collection of particles undergoing random walks. With the
> aid of high-speed computers the method has been applied with remarkable
> success to a variety of quantum mechanical problems in chemistry and physics.
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> (( Note: 'Schrodinger' twice above should have an umlaut o. ))
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Room Reservation Information
| Room Number: | MB106 |
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| Date: | 02 / 01 / 2008 |
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| Time: | 03:35pm - 04:25pm |
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