Analyzing Quantum Correlations Made Simple
The understanding of correlations in degenerate nonideal many particle systems is complex and theoretically challenging. Using the recently proposed permutation blocking path integral Monte Carlo (PB PIMC) scheme, which allows for an exact treatment of many body correlations, we study the influence of quantum statistics in a confined few particle Coulomb (quantum dot) system. As a versatile tool to gain insight into the internal structure of correlated many body systems, the application of triple correlation functions is extended to quantum systems. (c) 2016 WILEY VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA, Weinheim)