Dr. Hao ShiCenter for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute Hao Shi is the Flatiron Research Fellow at the Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation. He got his B.S. physics at Nanjing University on 2008 and studied computational physic at Renmin University from 2008 to 2011. He joined the Flatiron Institute after getting his Ph.D. Physics at the College of William and Mary on 2017. Hao’s research focuses on studying strongly correlated systems by Auxiliary Field Quantum Monte Carlo and other numerical methods. Hao has worked on the Fermi gas, Hubbard model, quantum chemistry, and Ca2RuO4 materials. |
| Visiting dates:
2019-07-09 - 2019-07-10 Office No:
M934 E-mail:
hshi@flatironinstitute.org Inviter: Lei Wang Contact Person: Lei Wang Contact Number: 9853 |
| Talk Title: Auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo for transition metal systems: from molecules to solids Talk Place: M830 Talk Time: 15-Jul-2019 12:00 am A major challenge in condensed matter physics, chemistry, and materials is to be able to compute the properties of electrons in real materials. Auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo is a promising numerical method for these systems. It is proven to be highly accurate and be able to treat large number of electrons in the Simons many-electron collaboration. We apply the state of art auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo for realistic transition metal systems. The many-body ab initio Hamiltonian is treated directly on transition metal atoms, their ions, and their monoxide molecules. We show ionization energy and dissociation energy on transition metal systems are indistinguishable from experimental results. Then, we studied the low temperature phase diagram of Ca2RuO4 for a range of layered perovskite structures. Our calculations find that the metal-insulator transition in Ca2RuO4 is driven by a structural transition from a long c-axis to a short c-axis perovskite in this material and is accompanied by a ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic transition. Our many-body simulations capture the phase diagram and explain the origin of the magnetic and metal-insulator transitions in Ca2RuO4. |
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