Computational Exploration of Unconventional Superconductors Using Quantum Monte Carlo

Lucas Wagner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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One of the grand challenges in condensed matter physics is the description of materials for which the interactions between electrons determine the properties. This project will focus on explicitly simulating the correlated motion of electrons in unconventional superconductors that can reach up to 130 K transition temperatures. Quantum Monte Carlo methods will be used to simulate the electrons in the graphene and the copper-oxide and iron-pnictide high temperature superconductors. The high fidelity simulation of electron interactions will bring new insights into these challenging materials.