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Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of Disordered Magnetic and Superconducting Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

R. T. Scalettar ,
P. J. H. Denteneer ,
C. Huscroft ,
A. Mcmahan ,
R. Pollock ,
M. Randeria ,
N. Trivedi ,
M. Ulmke  and
G. T. Zimanyt
R. T. Scalettar
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
P. J. H. Denteneer
Affiliation:
Lorentz Institute, Leiden University, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
C. Huscroft
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
A. Mcmahan
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory P. O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551
R. Pollock
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory P. O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551
M. Randeria
Affiliation:
Theor. Phys. Group, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay 400005, India
N. Trivedi
Affiliation:
Theor. Phys. Group, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay 400005, India
M. Ulmke
Affiliation:
Theor. Phys. III, Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
G. T. Zimanyt
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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Abstract

Over the last decade, Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) calculations for tight binding Hamiltonians like the Hubbard and Anderson lattice models have made the transition from addressing abstract issues concerning the effects of electron-electron correlations on magnetic and metal-insulator transitions, to concrete contact with experiment. This paper presents results of applications of “determinant” QMC to systems with disorder such as the conductivity of thin metallic films, the behavior of the magnetic susceptibility in doped semiconductors, and Zn doped cuprate superconductors. Finally, preliminary attempts to model the Kondo volume collapse in rare earth materials are discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 491: Symposium R – Tight Binding Approach to Computational Materials Science , 1997 , 155
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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