Boosting the accuracy and speed of quantum Monte Carlo: Size consistency and time step
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Andrea Zen,1,2,3 Sandro Sorella,4 Michael J. Gillan,1,2,3 Angelos Michaelides,1,2,3 and Dario Alfè1,2,3,5,* 1London Centre for Nanotechnology, Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom 2Thomas Young Centre, University College London, London WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom 4International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Beirut 2-4, 34014 Trieste, Italy, and INFM Democritos National Simulation Center, Trieste, Italy 5Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom (Received 7 April 2016; published 29 June 2016)
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