2007 Summer School on Computational Materials Science: Quantum Monte Carlo from Minerals and Materials to Molecules

Presentation files

Week One: July 9–13, 2007
MON, July 9
Welcome and Introduction to QMC (PDF) David Ceperley, Burkhard Militzer
Introduction to Geophysics (PDF) (Powerpoint version) Lars Stixrude
Introduction to DFT (PDF) Ronald Cohen
Introduction to the labs (PDF) Jeongnim Kim
Structural optimizations within DFT (Abinit code) (PDF) Ronald Cohen, Richard Hennig
TUE, July 10
Simulations, random walks and error analysis (PDF) David Ceperley
Introduction to QMC-- Variational MC (VMC) and trial wavefunctions (PDF) Claudia Filippi
Nonlocal pseudopotentials in DFT and VMC (PDF) Lubos Mitas
Error analysis using the DATASPORK java program (PDF) David Ceperley, Jeongnim Kim
VMC using the QMCPACK code (PDF) Jeongnim Kim
WED, July 11
Diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC)—The basics (PDF) Claudia Filippi
Fixed-node method and geminal nodes (PDF) Lubos Mitas
Electronic properties, band gaps, defects in silicon (PDF) Richard Hennig
Pseudopotential generation with Opium (A) (PDF) Ken Esler
THU, July 12
Selected topics in diffusion Monte Carlo (PDF) Claudia Filippi
QMC on geomaterials (PDF) (Powerpoint version)
Dario Alfe
Lattice Dynamics, Thermal Properties, and Density Functional Perturbation Theory (PDF) Ronald Cohen
Phonons with Espresso package: comparing linear response & small displacement method (PDF)
Tutorial_phonos_input.tar
Dario Alfe
FRI, July 13
Ewald Interactions and Finite-Size Errors (PDF) Neil Drummond
Order(N) methods in QMC (PDF) (Powerpoint version) Dario Alfe
Localised Orbitals, Periodic Systems and Backflow using CASINO (PDF)
Worksheets: 1 localised orbitals (PDF), 2: finite-size effects (PDF), 3: practical backflow with CASINO; Other materials: Installing CASINO (PDF)
Neil Drummond, Pablo Lopez Rios
Week Two: July 16-19, 2007
MON, July 16
Nodes using backflow coordinate transformations (PDF) Pablo Lopez Rios
New pairing wavefunctions and methods for nonlocal pseudopotentials (PDF) (Powerpoint verison) Michele Casula
Overview of Applications in the Cambridge Group:
"QMC Studies of Real Systems" (PDF) (Powerpoint version) and "QMC study of electron-hole systems" (PDF)
Neil Drummond
Real-time Path Integral MC (I) (PDF) Nancy Makri
TUE, July 17
Variational optimization and multi-determinants (PDF) Cyrus Umrigar
Path Integral MC for distinguishable particles (PDF) (Powerpoint version) Burkhard Militzer
Reptation MC method (PDF) David Ceperley
PIMC for distinguishable particle (PDF) Saad Khairallah, Burkhard Militzer
WED, July 18
Auxiliary Field Methods (PDF) Shiwei Zhang
Bosons I: Path Integral MC for bosons (PDF) (Powerpoint version)
Burkhard Militzer
Ground-state QMC with QMCPACK (PDF) Jeongnim Kim
THU, July19
Bosons II: Bosonic Applications (PDF) David Ceperley
PIMC for Fermions (PDF) David Ceperley
Real-time Path Integral MC (II) (PDF) (Powerpoint version) Nancy Makri
Path Integral Lab with Bosons (PIMC++) (PDF) Bryan Clark and Ken Esler

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