The following function uses the above described BFGS algorithm. Here we have defined a function which calculates the energy and a function which computes the first derivative.
# 2-electron VMC code for 2dim quantum dot with importance sampling
# Using gaussian rng for new positions and Metropolis- Hastings
# Added energy minimization using the BFGS algorithm, see p. 136 of https://www.springer.com/it/book/9780387303031
from math import exp, sqrt
from random import random, seed, normalvariate
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
from matplotlib import cm
from matplotlib.ticker import LinearLocator, FormatStrFormatter
from scipy.optimize import minimize
import sys
# Trial wave function for the 2-electron quantum dot in two dims
def WaveFunction(r,alpha,beta):
r1 = r[0,0]**2 + r[0,1]**2
r2 = r[1,0]**2 + r[1,1]**2
r12 = sqrt((r[0,0]-r[1,0])**2 + (r[0,1]-r[1,1])**2)
deno = r12/(1+beta*r12)
return exp(-0.5*alpha*(r1+r2)+deno)
# Local energy for the 2-electron quantum dot in two dims, using analytical local energy
def LocalEnergy(r,alpha,beta):
r1 = (r[0,0]**2 + r[0,1]**2)
r2 = (r[1,0]**2 + r[1,1]**2)
r12 = sqrt((r[0,0]-r[1,0])**2 + (r[0,1]-r[1,1])**2)
deno = 1.0/(1+beta*r12)
deno2 = deno*deno
return 0.5*(1-alpha*alpha)*(r1 + r2) +2.0*alpha + 1.0/r12+deno2*(alpha*r12-deno2+2*beta*deno-1.0/r12)
# Derivate of wave function ansatz as function of variational parameters
def DerivativeWFansatz(r,alpha,beta):
WfDer = np.zeros((2), np.double)
r1 = (r[0,0]**2 + r[0,1]**2)
r2 = (r[1,0]**2 + r[1,1]**2)
r12 = sqrt((r[0,0]-r[1,0])**2 + (r[0,1]-r[1,1])**2)
deno = 1.0/(1+beta*r12)
deno2 = deno*deno
WfDer[0] = -0.5*(r1+r2)
WfDer[1] = -r12*r12*deno2
return WfDer
# Setting up the quantum force for the two-electron quantum dot, recall that it is a vector
def QuantumForce(r,alpha,beta):
qforce = np.zeros((NumberParticles,Dimension), np.double)
r12 = sqrt((r[0,0]-r[1,0])**2 + (r[0,1]-r[1,1])**2)
deno = 1.0/(1+beta*r12)
qforce[0,:] = -2*r[0,:]*alpha*(r[0,:]-r[1,:])*deno*deno/r12
qforce[1,:] = -2*r[1,:]*alpha*(r[1,:]-r[0,:])*deno*deno/r12
return qforce
# Computing the derivative of the energy and the energy
def EnergyDerivative(x0):
# Parameters in the Fokker-Planck simulation of the quantum force
D = 0.5
TimeStep = 0.05
NumberMCcycles= 10000
# positions
PositionOld = np.zeros((NumberParticles,Dimension), np.double)
PositionNew = np.zeros((NumberParticles,Dimension), np.double)
# Quantum force
QuantumForceOld = np.zeros((NumberParticles,Dimension), np.double)
QuantumForceNew = np.zeros((NumberParticles,Dimension), np.double)
energy = 0.0
DeltaE = 0.0
alpha = x0[0]
beta = x0[1]
EnergyDer = 0.0
DeltaPsi = 0.0
DerivativePsiE = 0.0
#Initial position
for i in range(NumberParticles):
for j in range(Dimension):
PositionOld[i,j] = normalvariate(0.0,1.0)*sqrt(TimeStep)
wfold = WaveFunction(PositionOld,alpha,beta)
QuantumForceOld = QuantumForce(PositionOld,alpha, beta)
#Loop over MC MCcycles
for MCcycle in range(NumberMCcycles):
#Trial position moving one particle at the time
for i in range(NumberParticles):
for j in range(Dimension):
PositionNew[i,j] = PositionOld[i,j]+normalvariate(0.0,1.0)*sqrt(TimeStep)+\
QuantumForceOld[i,j]*TimeStep*D
wfnew = WaveFunction(PositionNew,alpha,beta)
QuantumForceNew = QuantumForce(PositionNew,alpha, beta)
GreensFunction = 0.0
for j in range(Dimension):
GreensFunction += 0.5*(QuantumForceOld[i,j]+QuantumForceNew[i,j])*\
(D*TimeStep*0.5*(QuantumForceOld[i,j]-QuantumForceNew[i,j])-\
PositionNew[i,j]+PositionOld[i,j])
GreensFunction = exp(GreensFunction)
ProbabilityRatio = GreensFunction*wfnew**2/wfold**2
#Metropolis-Hastings test to see whether we accept the move
if random() <= ProbabilityRatio:
for j in range(Dimension):
PositionOld[i,j] = PositionNew[i,j]
QuantumForceOld[i,j] = QuantumForceNew[i,j]
wfold = wfnew
DeltaE = LocalEnergy(PositionOld,alpha,beta)
DerPsi = DerivativeWFansatz(PositionOld,alpha,beta)
DeltaPsi += DerPsi
energy += DeltaE
DerivativePsiE += DerPsi*DeltaE
# We calculate mean values
energy /= NumberMCcycles
DerivativePsiE /= NumberMCcycles
DeltaPsi /= NumberMCcycles
EnergyDer = 2*(DerivativePsiE-DeltaPsi*energy)
return EnergyDer
# Computing the expectation value of the local energy
def Energy(x0):
# Parameters in the Fokker-Planck simulation of the quantum force
D = 0.5
TimeStep = 0.05
# positions
PositionOld = np.zeros((NumberParticles,Dimension), np.double)
PositionNew = np.zeros((NumberParticles,Dimension), np.double)
# Quantum force
QuantumForceOld = np.zeros((NumberParticles,Dimension), np.double)
QuantumForceNew = np.zeros((NumberParticles,Dimension), np.double)
energy = 0.0
DeltaE = 0.0
alpha = x0[0]
beta = x0[1]
NumberMCcycles= 10000
#Initial position
for i in range(NumberParticles):
for j in range(Dimension):
PositionOld[i,j] = normalvariate(0.0,1.0)*sqrt(TimeStep)
wfold = WaveFunction(PositionOld,alpha,beta)
QuantumForceOld = QuantumForce(PositionOld,alpha, beta)
#Loop over MC MCcycles
for MCcycle in range(NumberMCcycles):
#Trial position moving one particle at the time
for i in range(NumberParticles):
for j in range(Dimension):
PositionNew[i,j] = PositionOld[i,j]+normalvariate(0.0,1.0)*sqrt(TimeStep)+\
QuantumForceOld[i,j]*TimeStep*D
wfnew = WaveFunction(PositionNew,alpha,beta)
QuantumForceNew = QuantumForce(PositionNew,alpha, beta)
GreensFunction = 0.0
for j in range(Dimension):
GreensFunction += 0.5*(QuantumForceOld[i,j]+QuantumForceNew[i,j])*\
(D*TimeStep*0.5*(QuantumForceOld[i,j]-QuantumForceNew[i,j])-\
PositionNew[i,j]+PositionOld[i,j])
GreensFunction = exp(GreensFunction)
ProbabilityRatio = GreensFunction*wfnew**2/wfold**2
#Metropolis-Hastings test to see whether we accept the move
if random() <= ProbabilityRatio:
for j in range(Dimension):
PositionOld[i,j] = PositionNew[i,j]
QuantumForceOld[i,j] = QuantumForceNew[i,j]
wfold = wfnew
DeltaE = LocalEnergy(PositionOld,alpha,beta)
energy += DeltaE
# We calculate mean values
energy /= NumberMCcycles
return energy
#Here starts the main program with variable declarations
NumberParticles = 2
Dimension = 2
# seed for rng generator
seed()
# guess for variational parameters
x0 = np.array([0.9,0.2])
# Using Broydens method
res = minimize(Energy, x0, method='BFGS', jac=EnergyDerivative, options={'gtol': 1e-4,'disp': True})
print(res.x)
Note that the minimize function returns the finale values for the variable \( \alpha=x0[0] \) and \( \beta=x0[1] \) in the array \( x \).