{
  "id": "nucl-th/9509038",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "1995-09-26T16:41:28.000Z",
  "updated": "1995-09-27T18:39:58.000Z",
  "title": "Monte Carlo Methods for Nuclear Structure",
  "authors": [
    "S. E. Koonin"
  ],
  "comment": "14 pages, 12 figures available at http://www.krl.caltech.edu/preprints/MAP.html",
  "categories": [
    "nucl-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "Quantum Monte Carlo methods find fruitful application in large shell model problems. These methods reduce the imaginary-time many-body evolution operator to a coherent superposition of one-body evolutions in a fluctuating one-body field; the resultant path integral is evaluated stochastically. After a brief review of the capabilities and general strategy of Shell Model Monte Carlo methods, I discuss results and insights obtained from a number of applications. These include the ground state and thermal properties of {\\it pf}-shell nuclei, the thermal and rotational behavior of rare-earth and $\\gamma$-soft nuclei, and the calculation of double beta-decay matrix elements. Prospects for further progress in such calculations are also discussed.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "1995-09-27T18:39:58.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "nuclear structure",
      "shell model monte carlo methods",
      "imaginary-time many-body evolution operator",
      "quantum monte carlo methods",
      "large shell model problems"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 14,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 399878,
      "adsabs": "1995nucl.th...9038K"
    }
  }
}