Path integral Monte Carlo method for the quantum anharmonic oscillator

DOI10.1088/1361-6404/AB9A66arXiv1811.04669OpenAlexW3100636590MaRDI QIDQ6046416FDOQ6046416

Authors: Marise J. E. Westbroek, Peter R. King, D. D. Vvedensky 

Publication date: 11 May 2023

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method is used to evaluate the imaginary-time path integral of a quantum oscillator with a potential that includes both a quadratic term and a quartic term whose coupling is varied by several orders of magnitude. This path integral is discretized on a time lattice and calculations for the energy and probability density of the ground state and energies of the first few excited states are carried out on lattices with decreasing spacing to estimate these quantities in the continuum limit. The variation of the quartic coupling constant produces corresponding variations in the optimum simulation parameters for the MCMC method and in the statistical uncertainty for a fixed number of paths used for measurement. The energies and probability densities are in excellent agreement with those obtained from numerical solutions of Schr"odinger's equation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.04669

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zbMATH Keywords

Markov chain Monte Carlo methodquantum mechanicspath integralanharmonic oscillatorimaginary time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX) Quantum theory (81-XX)

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