TEST OF VARIATIONAL APPROXIMATION FOR PHI(4) QUANTUM CHAIN BY MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION

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JANKE, W [1 ]
SAUER, T [1 ]
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[1] FREE UNIV BERLIN,INST THEORET PHYS,D-14195 BERLIN,GERMANY
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10.1016/S0375-9601(05)80013-1
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O4 [物理学];
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We report results of a Monte Carlo simulation of the phi(4) quantum chain. In order to enhance the efficiency of the simulation we combine multigrid simulation techniques with a refined discretization scheme. The resulting accuracy of our data allows for a significant test of an analytical approximation based on a variational ansatz. While the variational approximation is well reproduced for a large range of parameters we find significant deviations for low temperatures and large couplings.
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