Jared Weidman Friday, November 8, 2019 - 11:15am Chemistry Building, Room 400 Physical Seminar Abstract: Monte Carlo methods have been used in quantum chemistry for decades to obtain high-accuracy solutions to the electronic Schrodinger equation. These stochastic methods are useful due to their arbitrary accuracy and ease of implementation compared to deterministic methods. The recently-developed full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo (FCIQMC) method [Nature, 2013, 493 (7432), 365–370] is perhaps the most promising of these methods to date due to its ability to avoid the pitfalls inherent in its predecessors. A brief history of quantum Monte Carlo methods will be given along with a critical analysis of FCIQMC.
