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Title: Unifying view of fermionic neural network quantum states: From neural network backflow to hidden fermion determinant states
Award ID(s):
2016136
PAR ID:
10550991
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
American Physical Society
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Volume:
110
Issue:
11
ISSN:
2469-9950; PRBMDO
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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