Principles of Quantum Mechanics · Problem 21.20

Path Integrals—II — R. Shankar

Physics — Quantum Mechanics · path-integrals-numerical

Problem

Describe how you would compute the ground-state energy of a potential V(x)V(x) numerically using the imaginary-time path integral (worldline Monte Carlo). Outline the algorithm, including: (a) How to discretize the path integral. (b) How to use the Metropolis algorithm to sample paths. (c) How to extract the ground-state energy from the long-imaginary-time behavior of the propagator.

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