Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.110, No.1, 12-14, 1999
A multilevel blocking approach to the sign problem in real-time quantum Monte Carlo simulations
We propose a novel approach toward the general solution of the sign problem in real-time path-integral simulations. Using a recursive multilevel blocking strategy, this method circumvents the sign problem by synthesizing the phase cancellations arising from interfering quantum paths on multiple tirnescales. A number of numerical examples with one or a few explicit degrees of freedom illustrate the usefulness of the method.
Keywords:PATH INTEGRATION