Incorporation of Density Matrix Wavefunctions in Monte Carlo Simulations: Application to the Frustrated Heisenberg Model

Abstract

We combine the Density Matrix Technique (DMRG) with Green Function Monte Carlo (GFMC) simulations. The DMRG is most successful in 1-dimensional systems and can only be extended to 2-dimensional systems for strips of limited width. GFMC is not restricted to low dimensions but is limited by the efficiency of the sampling. This limitation is crucial when the system exhibits a so-called sign problem, which on the other hand is not a particular obstacle for the DMRG. We show how to combine the virtues of both methods by using a DMRG wavefunction as guiding wave function for the GFMC. This requires a special representation of the DMRG wavefunction to make the simulations possible within reasonable computational time. As a test case we apply the method to the 2-dimensional frustrated Heisenberg antiferromagnet. By supplementing the branching in GFMC with Stochastic Reconfiguration (SR) we get a stable simulation with a small variance also in the region where the fluctuations due to minus sign problem are maximal. The sensitivity of the results to the choice of the guiding wavefunction is extensively investigated. We analyse the model as a function of the ratio of the next-nearest to nearest neighbor coupling strength. We observe in the frustrated regime a pattern of the spin correlations which is in-between dimerlike and plaquette type ordering, states that have recently been suggested. It is a state with strong dimerization in one direction and weaker dimerization in the perpendicular direction.

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