Pablo Lopez-Rios
Dr Pablo Lopez-Rios
Member of Trinity Hall
Visitor in Prof Needs' group
Office: 516 Mott Bld
Phone: +44(0)1223 3 37238
Email: pl275 @ cam.ac.uk
Personal web site
TCM Group, Cavendish Laboratory
19 JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge, CB3 0HE UK.
Research
My research interests lie in the field of computational physics, namely in the simulation and evaluation of the theoretical properties of materials at the quantum level. I specialise in quantum Monte Carlo, a powerful family of methods to accurately solve the Schrödinger equation that governs the behaviour of assemblies of quantum particles. The main focus of my work is to aid the advancement and further the applicability of quantum Monte Carlo by means of theoretical and technical developments, such as the design and implementation of novel trial wave function technology.
In Plain English
I write computer code so that other researchers can simulate the properties of materials. In turn, these simulations enable experimental physicists, chemists and engineers to predict which materials may have useful properties for a given purpose.
Featured Publications
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Quantum Monte Carlo study of the phase diagram of solid molecular
hydrogen at extreme pressures
N. D. Drummond, B. Monserrat, J. H. Lloyd-Williams, P. López Ríos, C. J. Pickard, and R. J. Needs
Nat. Commun. 6, 7794, (2015) -
Excitons and biexcitons in symmetric electron-hole bilayers
R. Maezono, P. López Ríos, T. Ogawa, and R. J. Needs
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 216407 (2013) -
Framework for constructing generic Jastrow correlation factors
P. López Ríos, P. Seth, N. D. Drummond, and R. J. Needs
Phys. Rev. E 86, 036703 (2012) -
High-temperature high-pressure properties of silica from quantum
Monte Carlo
K. P. Driver, R. E. Cohen, Zhigang Wu, B. Militzer, P. López Ríos, M. D. Towler, R. J. Needs, and J. W. Wilkins
PNAS 107, 9519 (2010) -
Continuum variational and diffusion quantum Monte Carlo calculations
R. J. Needs, M. D. Towler, N. D. Drummond, and P. López Ríos
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22, 023201 (2010) -
Inhomogeneous backflow transformations in quantum Monte Carlo
P. López Ríos, A. Ma, N. D. Drummond, M. D. Towler, and R. J. Needs
Phys. Rev. E 74, 066701 (2006)