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Analyzing Quantum Correlations Made Simple
Author(s) -
Dornheim T.,
Thomsen H.,
Ludwig P.,
Filinov A.,
Bonitz M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.201500120
Subject(s) - statistical physics , quantum , simple (philosophy) , coulomb , quantum monte carlo , physics , degenerate energy levels , path integral formulation , path integral monte carlo , monte carlo method , permutation (music) , quantum mechanics , mathematics , electron , statistics , philosophy , epistemology , acoustics
Abstract The understanding of correlations in degenerate nonideal many‐particle systems is complex and theoretically challenging. Using the recently proposed permutation blocking path integral Monte Carlo (PB‐PIMC) scheme, which allows for an exact treatment of many‐body correlations, we study the influence of quantum statistics in a confined few‐particle Coulomb (quantum dot) system. As a versatile tool to gain insight into the internal structure of correlated many‐body systems, the application of triple correlation functions is extended to quantum systems. (© 2016 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)