Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2009 APS March Meeting

Volume 54, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 16–20, 2009; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session Index

Session L13: Computational Methods: Quantum Monte Carlo	Show Abstracts
Sponsoring Units: DCOMP Chair: Jeff Grossman, University of California, Berkeley Room: 309

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		L13.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		L13.00002: PIMC Simulation of Thermal Dissociation of Dipositronium Ilkka Kyl\"anp\"a\"a, Tapio Rantala Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		L13.00003: Convergence of the variational parameter without convergence of the energy in Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) calculations using the Stochastic Gradient Approximation Daniel Nissenbaum, Hsin Lin, Bernardo Barbiellini, Arun Bansil Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		L13.00004: Effective one-body potential fitted for many-body interactions associated with a Jastrow function: application to the quantum Monte Carlo calculations Naoto Umezawa, Brian Austin, William A. Lester, Jr Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		L13.00005: Improved Algorithm for Calculating Observables in Diffusion and Reptation Quantum Monte Carlo Jeremy McMinis, David Ceperley, Carlo Pierleoni Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		L13.00006: Analysis of fixed-nodes errors in quantum Monte Carlo calculations of atoms and molecules Shuming Hu, Kevin Rasch, Minyi Zhu, Michal Bajdich, Lubos Mitas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		L13.00007: Geometry of fermion nodes and its impact on many-body effects in quantum Monte Carlo Lubos Mitas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		L13.00008: Hybrid DFT orbitals as a means of reduction of fixed-node errors in diffusion Monte Carlo simulations Jindrich Kolorenc, Shuming Hu, Lubos Mitas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		L13.00009: Geometry optimization using Quantum Monte Carlo Lucas Wagner, Jeffrey Grossman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		L13.00010: Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of the energy-level alignment at organic-inorganic hybrid interfaces Zhigang Wu, Yosuke Kanai, Jeffrey Grossman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		L13.00011: QMC Study of Optical Switching of Azobenzene Molecule Rene Derian, Matus Dubecky, Lubos Mitas, Ivan Stich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		L13.00012: Multideterminant quantum Monte Carlo calculations of benzene dimers Richard G. Hennig, Kathleen A. Schwarz, Cyrus Umrigar, Julien Toulouse Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		L13.00013: A Quantum Monte Carlo investigation of dispersion interactions in graphite Leonardo Spanu, Giulia Galli, Sandro Sorella Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		L13.00014: Auxiliary-Field Quantum Monte Carlo Studies of Pressure-Induced Phase Transitions in Silicon and MnO Wirawan Purwanto, Henry Krakauer, Eric Walter, Shiwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		L13.00015: A Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Molecular Titanium Dihydride$^\dag$ Todd D. Beaudet, Jeongnim Kim, Kenneth Esler, Richard M. Martin Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2009 APS March Meeting

Volume 54, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 16–20, 2009; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session Index

Session L13: Computational Methods: Quantum Monte Carlo

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