{"id":127,"date":"2013-11-20T17:25:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T17:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2020-04-21T11:19:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T11:19:38","slug":"introductory-and-review-material","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/introductory-and-review-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Introductory and review material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/library2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2777\" src=\"https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/library2-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/library2-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/library2-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/library2.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The best way to learn about QMC is to come to one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/vallico.net\/casinoqmc\/summer-schools\">summer schools<\/a>, but if you can&#8217;t wait till next August, here is some review material that you can read:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<i>Quantum Monte Carlo and related methods<\/i>&#8221; by B.M. Austin, D.Y. Zubarev, and W.A. Lester (2012) [<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/cr2001564\">link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>Applications of quantum Monte Carlo methods in condensed systems<\/em>&#8221; by Jind\u0159ich Koloren\u010d and Lubos Mitas, <em>Rep. Prog. Phys.<\/em> <b>74<\/b>, 026502 (2011) [<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1088\/0034-4885\/74\/2\/026502\">link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<i>Continuum variational and diffusion quantum Monte Carlo calculations<\/i>&#8221; by R.J. Needs, M.D. Towler, N.D. Drummond, and P. L\u00f3pez R\u00edos (2009) [<a href=\"https:\/\/casinoqmc.net\/papers\/qmc_review.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<i>Quantum Monte Carlo, or, how to solve the many-particle Schr\u00f6dinger equation accurately whilst retaining favourable scaling with system size<\/i>&#8221; by M.D. Towler (2009) [<a href=\"https:\/\/casinoqmc.net\/papers\/towler_review.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<i>Petascale computing opens up new vistas for quantum Monte Carlo<\/i>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/casinoqmc.net\/papers\/petascale_psik.pdf\">PDF<\/a>) by M.J. Gillan, M.D. Towler and D. Alf\u00e8 (2011 Psi-k Scientific Highlight of the Month)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<i>Quantum Monte Carlo for atoms, molecules and solids<\/i>&#8220;, W.A. Lester Jr., L. Mitas and B. Hammond, <em>Chem. Phys. Lett.<\/em> <b>478<\/b>, 1\u201310 (2009)\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cplett.2009.06.095\">link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>Variational and diffusion quantum Monte Carlo calculations with the CASINO code<\/em>&#8221; by R.J. Needs, M.D. Towler, N.D. Drummond, P. L\u00f3pez R\u00edos and J.R. Trail, <em>J. Chem. Phys.<\/em> <strong>152<\/strong>, 154106 (2020) [<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1063\/1.5144288\">link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<i>Quantum Monte Carlo programming for atoms, molecules, clusters and solids<\/i>&#8221; by Wolfgang Schattke and Ricardo D\u00edez Mui\u00f1o (Wiley 2013) [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Introduction-Quantum-Density-Functional-Theory\/dp\/3527408517\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386530726&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=quantum+monte+carlo\">amazon<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<i>Monte Carlo methods In ab initio quantum chemistry: quantum Monte Carlo for molecules<\/i>&#8221; by B.L. Hammond, W.A. Lester, and P.J. Reynolds (Wspc 1994) [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Monte-Methods-Initio-Quantum-Chemistry\/dp\/9810203225\/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_t_1_ES89\">amazon<\/a>] (<em>old but still worth reading for the beginner<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The freescience.info site has a collection of material about QMC <a href=\"http:\/\/freescience.info\/Physics.php?id=35\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For what it&#8217;s worth, you can also look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quantum_Monte_Carlo\">main Wikipedia article on QMC<\/a>. Someone please improve it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best way to learn about QMC is to come to one of our summer schools, but if you can&#8217;t wait till next August, here is some review material that you can read: Review articles &#8220;Quantum Monte Carlo and related methods&#8221; by B.M. Austin, D.Y. Zubarev, and W.A. 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