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Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:07:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Thiago Milograno.pdf: 1110506 bytes, checksum: 08596b9630b30f983f7a8e9f0777f92d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-20 / In this work we have applied Quantum Monte Carlo method at finite temperature known as Path Integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) to study the quantum-classical behavior of the Neon. We have calculated the one body density matrix as well as the atomic momentum distribution which have shown to be significantly different from the classical Maxwell- Boltzmman distribution in the range of densities and temperatures studied. The deviations from a classical gaussian are substantial but it decreases as one goes to temperatures above T = 35 K or densities below p = 20 nm−3. Furthermore, at low temperature the results show that there are more low momentum atoms than in a classical gaussian distribution. / Neste trabalho aplicamos o método de Monte Carlo Quântico à temperatura finita conhecido como Path Integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) a fim de estudar o comportamento quântico-clássico do Neônio. Calculamos a matriz densidade de um corpo, bem como a distribuição de momento atômica que mostrou ser significativamente diferente da distribuição clássica de Maxwell-Boltzmann nos intervalos de densidade e temperatura estudados. Os desvios de uma gaussiana clássica são substanciais porém esses desvios diminuem para temperaturas acima de T = 35 K ou densidades abaixo de p= 20 nm−3. Além disso, para baixas temperaturas os resultados mostram que há mais átomos com momentos menores do que na distribuição clássica gaussiana.

<p>In this work, we study two important themes in the physics of the interacting one-dimensional (1D) electron gas: the transition from one-dimensional to higher dimensional behavior, and the role of inhomogeneity. The interplay between interactions, reduced dimensionality, and inhomogeneity drives a rich variety of phenomena in mesoscopic physics. In 1D, interactions fundamentally alter the nature of the electron gas, and the homogeneous 1D electron gas is described by Luttinger Liquid theory. We use Quantum Monte Carlo methods to study two situations that are beyond Luttinger Liquid theory --- the quantum phase transition from a linear 1D electron system to a quasi-1D zigzag arrangement, and electron localization in quantum point contacts. </p><p>Since the interacting electron gas has fundamentally different behavior in one dimension than in higher dimensions, the transition from 1D to higher dimensional behavior is of both practical and theoretical interest. We study the first stage in such a transition; the quantum phase transition from a 1D linear arrangement of electrons in a quantum wire to a quasi-1D zigzag configuration, and then to a liquid-like phase at higher densities. As the density increases from its lowest values, first, the electrons form a linear Wigner crystal; then, the symmetry about the axis of the wire is broken as the electrons order in a quasi-1D zigzag phase; and, finally, the electrons form a disordered liquid-like phase. We show that the linear to zigzag phase transition occurs even in narrow wires with strong quantum fluctuations, and that it has characteristics which are qualitatively different from the classical transition.</p><p>Experiments in quantum point contacts (QPC's) show an unexplained feature in the conductance known as the ``0.7 Effect''. The presence of the 0.7 effect is an indication of the rich physics present in inhomogeneous systems, and we study electron localization in quantum point contacts to evaluate several different proposed mechanisms for the 0.7 effect. We show that electrons form a Wigner crystal in a 1D constriction; for sharp constriction potentials the localized electrons are separated from the leads by a gap in the density, while for smoother potentials, the Wigner crystal is smoothly connected to the leads. Isolated bound states can also form in smooth constrictions if they are sufficiently long. We thus show that localization can occur in QPC's for a variety of potential shapes and at a variety of electron densities. These results are consistent with the idea that the 0.7 effect and bound states observed in quantum point contacts are two distinct phenomena.</p> / Dissertation

La photo-dissociation d'une molécule comme CH3I dans l'agrégat d'hélium présente un grand intérêt pour comprendre la recombinaison et la solvatation des photo-fragments après la dissociation dans un liquide quantique. Après la recombinaison certaines structures de D@Hen(D= Ar^+, I^q, q= -1, 0, +1, +2) montrent les stabilités particulières avec les nombres magiques bien définis. Notre but ultime est d'étudier théoriquement la dynamique de la photo-dissociation de CH3I dans les agrégats d'hélium et de comparer avec les résultats expérimentaux disponibles dans la littérature. Notre recherche préliminaire est motivée par les données disponibles sur les espèces de couche ouverte comme D@Hen (D= Ar^+, Mg^+) et commence par un test sur notre modèle potentiel analytique pour les systèmes D@Hen à plusieurs corps. Notre modèle inclut les énergies électrostatique classique et quantique de dispersion,et également les énergies de charge/dipôle induit et de dipôle induit/dipôle induit dans le cas où le dopant D est ionique. La représentation analytique de l'interaction D-He est obtenue en fittant les fonctions ayant une forme asymptotique physiquement correcte aux résultats de calculs ab initio corrélés de haut niveau pour la molécule D-He. La matrice "Diatomices-in-Molecules" (DIM) de notre modèle potentiel à plusieurs corps est construite pour les situations avec l'anisotropie électronique et le couplage spin-orbite (SOC) pour l'atome lourd D est inclus dans la base de couplage du type s-l pour l'atome D. Les structures et les énergies de cohésion de systèmes D@Hen sont étudiées en fonction de la taille du système n par la méthode MonteCarlo quantique de diffusion (DMC).De nouvelles sous-routines pour évaluer le potentiel D-He ont été programmées pour le programme DMC existant et une fonction d'essai améliorée a été appliquée dans le calcul DMC / The photo-dissociation of molecule like CH3I inside helium droplet presents great interest for the understanding of recombination and salvation of photo-fragments after dissociation inside a quantum liquid. After recombination certain structures of D@Hen(D= Ar^+, I^q, q=-1,0,+1,+2))show particular stabilities with well defined magic numbers. Our ultimate goal is to theoretically study the dynamics of the photo-dissociation of CH3I inside helium clusters and to compare with experimental results available for this process in the literature. Our initial research is motivated by the available information on open shell species like D@Hen (D= Ar^+, Mg^+)and begins by an examination of our analytical potential model for many body systems D@Hen. Our model includes the classical electrostatic and the quantum dispersion energies and also the charge-induced dipole and induced dipole-induced dipole interaction energies in the case of ionic D^q. The analytic representation of the D-He interaction is obtained by fitting functions with the physically correct asymptotic form to the results of high level correlated ab initio calculations for D-He. Diatomics-in-Molecules (DIM) matrices of our many body potential model are constructed for situations with electronic anisotropy and spin-orbit coupling for heavy atom D is included in the basis of the s-l coupling pattern of the doping atom D. The structures and cohesive energies of the D@Hen systems are computed as a function of system size n by the diffusion quantum Monte Carlo method (DMC).New subroutines for the potential evaluation have been programmed for the existing DMC program and an improved type of trial wave function has been implemented

Nous étudions les acènes avec le modèle de fonction d'onde électronique fortement corrélé Jastrow antisymmetrized geminal power (JAGP) par Monte Carlo quantique (QMC). Ces méthodes permettent d'optimiser les fonctions JAGP de façon variationnelle (minimisation énergétique), et d'accéder à l'énergie de leur niveau fondamental électronique si les nœuds de leur fonction d'onde sont bien définis. En modulant la liberté variationnelle des formes JAGP nous étudions leurs propriétés électroniques en fonction de la qualité de la fonction d'onde. Nous obtenons ainsi des résultats en faveur d'un caractère fortement résonant mais étalé sur plusieurs états, incompatible avec la présence précédemment supposée de couches ouvertes, et le constat de biais induits par un niveau trop faible de liberté variationnelle. Par relaxation structurale effectuée en QMC sur des fonctions de différentes qualité nous montrons que les géométries des acènes sont très couplées à la structure électronique. Nous pouvons envisager d'étendre cette étude aux hydrocarbures polycycliques aromatiques à l'allure de nanorubans de graphène d'épaisseur croissante afin d'étudier de possible corrélations entre sextets de Clar et l'évolution de leurs propriétés électroniques et spintroniques. / We study the family of acenes by means of quantum Monte Carlo methods (QMC) based on a Jastrow correlated antisymmetrized geminal power (JAGP) wave function. Those methods allows for JAGP optimization in a variational manner (energy minimisation) and for ground state energy evaluations when the wave function nodes are well defined. By tuning the variational freedom of JAGP wave functions we study their electronic properties as a function of the wave function quality. We thus obtain results in favour of a highly resonating character, but smeared on many states, incompatible with a previously supposed open shell character. The study also demonstrates that a too low variational freedom induces high bias in the electronic description. By QMC structural relaxation on wave functions of various quality we demonstrate that the acenes geometry is highly coupled to their electronic structure.We can consider extending this study to general polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons similar to graphene nanoribbons of growing thickness to investigate possible correlations between Clar sextets et their electronic and spintronic properties.

Several microscopic theories point out that Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), i.e., a macroscopic occupation of the lowest energy single particle state in many-boson systems, may appear also in quantum fluids and solids and that it is at the origin of the phenomenon of superfluidity. Nevertheless, the connection between BEC and superfluidity is still matter of debate, since the experimental evidences indicating a non zero condensate fraction in superfluid helium are only indirect. In the theoretical study of BEC in quantum fluids and solids, perturbative approaches are useless because of the strong correlations between the atoms, arising both from the interatomic potential and from the quantum nature of the system. Microscopic Quantum Monte Carlo simulations provide a reliable description of these systems. In particular, the Path Integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) method is very suitable for this purpose. This method is able to provide exact results for the properties of the quantum system, both at zero and finite temperature, only with the definition of the Hamiltonian and of the symmetry properties of the system, giving an easy picture for superfluidity and BEC in many-boson systems. In this thesis, we apply PIMC methods to the study of several quantum fluids and solids. We describe in detail all the features of PIMC, from the sampling methods to the estimators of the physical properties. We present also the most recent techniques, such as the high-order approximations for the thermal density matrix and the worm algorithm, used in PIMC to provide reliable simulations. We study the liquid phase of condensed 4He, providing unbiased estimations of the one-body density matrix g1(r). We analyze the model for g1(r) used to fit the experimental data, highlighting its merits and its faults. In particular we see that, even if it presents some difficulties in the description of the overall behavior of g1(r), it can provide an accurate estimation of the kinetic energy K and of the condensate fraction n0 of the system. Furthermore, we show that our results for n0 as a function of the pressure are in a good agreement with the most recent experimental results. The study of the solid phase of 4He is the most significant part of this thesis. The recent observation of non classical rotational inertia (NCRI) effects in solid helium has generated big interest in the study of an eventual supersolid phase, characterized at the same time by crystalline order and superfluidity. Nevertheless, until now it has been impossible to give a theoretical model able to describe all the experimental evidences. In this work, we perform PIMC simulations of 4He at high densities, according to different microscopic configurations of the atoms. In commensurate crystals we see that BEC does not appear, our model being able to reproduce the momentum distribution obtained form neutron scattering experiments. In a crystal with vacancies, we have been able to see a transition to a superfluid phase at temperatures in agreement with experimental results if the vacancy concentration is low enough. In amorphous solids, superfluid effects are enhanced but appear at temperatures higher than the experimental estimation for the transition temperature. Finally, we study also metastable disordered configurations in molecular para-hydrogen at low temperature. The aim of this study is to investigate if a Bose liquid other than helium can display superfluidity. Choosing accurately a ¿quantum liquid¿ initial configuration and the dimensions of the simulation box, we have been able to frustrate the formation of the crystal and to calculate the temperature dependence of the superfluid density, showing a transition to a superfluid phase at temperatures close to 1 K.

Interacting Fermi gases are one of the chief paradigms of condensed matter physics. They have been studied since the beginning of the development of quantum mechanics, but continue to produce surprises today. Recent experimental developments in the field of ultracold atomic gases, as well as conventional solid state materials, have produced new and exotic forms of Fermi gases, the theoretical understanding of which is still in its infancy. This Thesis aims to provide updated tools and additional insights into some of these systems, through the application of both numerical and analytical techniques. The first Part of this Thesis is concerned with the development of improved numerical tools for the study of interacting Fermi gases. These tools take the form of accurate model potentials for the dipolar and contact interactions, as found in various ultracold atomic gas experiments, and a new form of Jastrow correlation factor that interpolates between the radial symmetry of the inter-electron Coulomb potential at short inter-particle distances, and the symmetry of the numerical simulation cell at large separation. These methods are designed primarily for use in quantum Monte Carlo numerical calculations, and provide high accuracy along with considerable acceleration of simulations. The second Part shifts focus to an analytical analysis of spin-imbalanced Fermi gases with an attractive contact interaction. The spin-imbalanced Fermi gas is shown to be unstable to the formation of multi-particle instabilities, generalisations of a Cooper pair containing more than two fermions, and then a theory of superconductivity is built from these instabilities. This multi-particle superconductivity is shown to be energetically favourable over conventional superconducting phases in spin-imbalanced Fermi gases, and its unusual experimental consequences are discussed.

abstract: One dimensional (1D) and quasi-one dimensional quantum wires have been a subject of both theoretical and experimental interest since 1990s and before. Phenomena such as the "0.7 structure" in the conductance leave many open questions. In this dissertation, I study the properties and the internal electron states of semiconductor quantum wires with the path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) method. PIMC is a tool for simulating many-body quantum systems at &#64257;nite temperature. Its ability to calculate thermodynamic properties and various correlation functions makes it an ideal tool in bridging experiments with theories. A general study of the features interpreted by the Luttinger liquid theory and observed in experiments is &#64257;rst presented, showing the need for new PIMC calculations in this &#64257;eld. I calculate the DC conductance at &#64257;nite temperature for both noninteracting and interacting electrons. The quantized conductance is identi&#64257;ed in PIMC simulations without making the same approximation in the Luttinger model. The low electron density regime is subject to strong interactions, since the kinetic energy decreases faster than the Coulomb interaction at low density. An electron state called the Wigner crystal has been proposed in this regime for quasi-1D wires. By using PIMC, I observe the zig-zag structure of the Wigner crystal. The quantum &#64258;uctuations suppress the long range correla- tions, making the order short-ranged. Spin correlations are calculated and used to evaluate the spin coupling strength in a zig-zag state. I also &#64257;nd that as the density increases, electrons undergo a structural phase transition to a dimer state, in which two electrons of opposite spins are coupled across the two rows of the zig-zag. A phase diagram is sketched for a range of densities and transverse con&#64257;nements. The quantum point contact (QPC) is a typical realization of quantum wires. I study the QPC by explicitly simulating a system of electrons in and around a Timp potential (Timp, 1992). Localization of a single electron in the middle of the channel is observed at 5 K, as the split gate voltage increases. The DC conductance is calculated, which shows the e&#64256;ect of the Coulomb interaction. At 1 K and low electron density, a state similar to the Wigner crystal is found inside the channel. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Physics 2012

Orientador: Rogerio Custodio / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Quimica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-12T23:54:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Angelotti_WagnerFernandoDelfino_D.pdf: 827045 bytes, checksum: 044a9aecfaec7ac3e14153480c625d9f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Esta tese explorou diferentes objetivos envolvendo o método Monte Carlo Quântico, dos quais se destacam: avaliação do método convencional em propriedades eletrônicas; formalização das relações existentes entre a teoria de matriz densidade e os métodos Monte Carlo Quântico Variacional e de Difusão; estudo da correlação eletrônica com diferentes funções correlacionadas e também através de método misto envolvendo a teoria de perturbação e o Monte Carlo Quântico Variacional; aplicações para átomos do primeiro e segundo período da tabela periódica e moléculas diatômicas. Experimentos computacionais com o método Monte Carlo Quântico e separação de spins foram realizados produzindo excelentes resultados para cálculos de potenciais de ionização sucessivos para átomos, ionização atômica e molecular e construção de curvas de potencial para moléculas simples. Foram ainda obtidas duas formulações analíticas que descrevem exatamente o vínculo formal entre a matriz densidade e o Monte Carlo Quântico. Esta associação proporcionou ótimos resultados para os métodos Variacional e de Difusão, apresentando semelhanças e significativas diferenças quando comparado ao tratamento convencional com respeito à estrutura nodal para cada estado eletrônico estudado. Além disso, a matriz densidade aliada às funções correlacionadas é capaz de recuperar parte da correlação eletrônica e torna possível a correção de funções de onda dentro da associação do Monte Carlo Quântico e teoria de perturbação. / Abstract: This thesis explored different goals involving the quantum Monte Carlo method, of which stand out: assessment of the conventional method in electronic properties; formalization of relations between the density matrix theory and the variational and diffusion quantum Monte Carlo methods; study of the electronic correlation with different correlated functions and also through mixed method involving the perturbation theory and variational quantum Monte Carlo; applications to atoms of the first and second period of the periodic table and diatomic molecules. Computational experiments with the quantum Monte Carlo method and separation of spins were achieved producing excellent results for calculations of successive ionization potentials for atoms, single ionization of atoms and simple molecules and calculation of potential curves for simple molecules. Two analytical formulations were obtained that describes exactly the formal link between the density matrix and quantum Monte Carlo. This association has provided excellent results for variational and diffusion methods, presenting similarities and significant differences when compared to conventional treatment with respect to the nodal structure for each electronic state studied. Furthermore, the density matrix together with correlated wave functions is able to recover part of the electronic correlation and makes possible the correction of the wave functions within the association of quantum Monte Carlo and perturbation theory. / Doutorado / Físico-Química / Doutor em Ciências

In this thesis I will outline various quantum phase transitions in 2D models of magnets that are amenable to simulation with quantum Monte Carlo techniques. The key player in this work is the theory of deconfined criticality, which generically allows for zero temperature quantum phase transitions between phases that break distinct global symmetries. I will describe models with different symmetries including SU(N), SO(N), and "easy-plane" SU(N) and I will demonstrate how the presence or absence of continuous transitions in these models fits together with the theory of deconfined criticality.