Wavefunctions

In Variational Monte Carlo, the Wavefunction is the object that controls the relationship between the variational parameters and the resulting amplitudes.

• Slater-Jastrow Wavefunctions
  • The Gutzwiller projection \(\hat{P}^G\)
  • The Jastrow factor \(\mathcal{J}\)
  • The Slater Determinant \(|\psi_{MF}\rangle\)
  • Constructing the Slater determinant
  • Computing a proposed Monte Carlo update probability
  • Updating the Slater determinant
• Specifying the mean field Hamiltonian