Simulation strategies for the massless lattice Schwinger model in the dual formulation

The dual form of the massless Schwinger model on the lattice overcomes the complex action problems from two sources: a topological term, as well as non-zero chemical potential, making these physically interesting cases accessible to Monte Carlo simulations. The partition function is represented as a...

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Hauptverfasser: Göschl, Daniel (VerfasserIn) , Lehmann, Alexander (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 11 September 2017
In: Nuclear physics. B, Particle physics
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 924, Pages: 63-85
ISSN:1873-1562
DOI:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2017.09.006
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2017.09.006
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321317302870
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Verfasserangaben:Daniel Göschl, Christof Gattringer, Alexander Lehmann, Christoph Weis
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Zusammenfassung:The dual form of the massless Schwinger model on the lattice overcomes the complex action problems from two sources: a topological term, as well as non-zero chemical potential, making these physically interesting cases accessible to Monte Carlo simulations. The partition function is represented as a sum over fermion loops, dimers and plaquette-surfaces such that all contributions are real and positive. However, these new variables constitute a highly constrained system and suitable update strategies have to be developed. In this exploratory study we present an approach based on locally growing plaquette-surfaces surrounded by fermion loop segments combined with a worm based strategy for updating chains of dimers, as well as winding fermion loops. The update strategy is checked with conventional simulations as well as reference data from exact summation on small volumes and we discuss some physical implications of the results.
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ISSN:1873-1562
DOI:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2017.09.006