Validity of projected Gross-Pitaevskii simulation: comparison with quantum Monte Carlo.

We examine the validity of the projected Gross-Pitaevskii simulation by taking the two-dimensional homogeneous bosonic system as an example. The long-distance behaviors of the correlation function and equilibrium temperatures show good agreement with those of the quantum Monte Carlo calculations below temperatures near the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. We find that in the projected Gross-Pitaevskii description, one needs to estimate the optimal wave-number cutoff in temperature. In the well-described region, the projected Gross-Pitaevskii equation presents reliable predictions for the long-wave bosonic components.