{
  "id": "nucl-th/9602006",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1996-02-05T20:59:14.000Z",
  "updated": "1996-02-05T20:59:14.000Z",
  "title": "Shell Model Monte Carlo Methods",
  "authors": [
    "S. E. Koonin",
    "D. J. Dean",
    "K. Langanke"
  ],
  "journal": "Phys.Rept. 278 (1997) 1-77",
  "doi": "10.1007/BFb0104366",
  "categories": [
    "nucl-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "We review quantum Monte Carlo methods for dealing with large shell model problems. These methods reduce the imaginary-time many-body evolution operator to a coherent superposition of one-body evolutions in fluctuating one-body fields; the resultant path integral is evaluated stochastically. We first discuss the motivation, formalism, and implementation of such Shell Model Monte Carlo (SMMC) methods. There then follows a sampler of 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. Finally, prospects for further progress in such calculations are discussed.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1996-02-05T20:59:14.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "shell model monte carlo methods",
      "review quantum monte carlo methods",
      "imaginary-time many-body evolution operator",
      "large shell model problems",
      "double beta-decay matrix elements"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 415758
    }
  }
}