Stability of complex Langevin dynamics in effective models

The sign problem at nonzero chemical potential prohibits the use of importance sampling in lattice simulations. Since complex Langevin dynamics does not rely on importance sampling, it provides a potential solution. Recently it was shown that complex Langevin dynamics fails in the disordered phase in the case of the three-dimensional XY model, while it appears to work in the entire phase diagram in the case of the three-dimensional SU(3) spin model. Here we analyse this difference and argue that it is due to the presence of the nontrivial Haar measure in the SU(3) case, which has a stabilizing effect on the complexified dynamics. The freedom to modify and stabilize the complex Langevin process is discussed in some detail.

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29 pages, several eps figures; minor clarifications added, to appear in JHEP

dimension: 3
potential: chemical
spin
SU(3)
stability
critical phenomena
XY model
lattice field theory
Langevin equation: complex

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