Monte Carlo simulations of two-dimensional charged bosons
Abstract
Quantum Monte Carlo methods are used to calculate various ground-state properties of charged bosons in two dimensions, throughout the whole density range where the fluid phase is stable. Wigner crystallization is predicted at ${r}_{s}\ensuremath{\simeq}60.$ Results for the ground-state energy and the momentum distribution are summarized in analytic interpolation formulas embodying known asymptotic behaviors. Near freezing, the condensate fraction is less than 1%. The static structure factor $S(k)$ and susceptibility $\ensuremath{\chi}(k)$ are obtained from the density-density correlation function in imaginary time, $F(\mathbf{k},\ensuremath{\tau}).$ An estimate of the energy of elementary excitations, given in terms of an upper bound involving $S(k)$ and $\ensuremath{\chi}(k),$ is compared with the result obtained via analytic continuation from $F(\mathbf{k},\ensuremath{\tau}).$