Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical and Quantum Mechanics

Lecturer: P. Finelli (Associate Professor, DIFA)

Duration: 12 hours in March and April

Programme

i) Introduction to basic concepts of statistics, generators of random numbers, MC quadrature (4 hours)

ii) Markov chains, Metropolis-Hastings algorithm, examples and applications (4 hours)

iii) Applications to many-body systems: Variational MC, MC Diffusion, MC Path Integral (4 hours)