Variational Method for Field Theories on the Lattice

Jun, 1984
30 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 32 (1985) 2729-2735
Report number:
  • DFTUZ-84-3

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Abstract: (APS)
An approximation technique to construct the low-lying energy eigenstates of any bosonic field theory on the lattice is proposed. It is based on the SLAC blocking method, after performing a finite-spin approximation to the individual degrees of freedom of the problem. General expressions for any polynomial self-interacting theory are given. Numerical results for φ2 and φ4 theories in 1+1 dimensions are offered; they exhibit a fast convergence rate. The complete low-lying energy spectrum of the φ4 theory in 1+1 dimensions is calculated.
  • LATTICE FIELD THEORY: HAMILTONIAN FORMALISM
  • FIELD THEORY: TWO-DIMENSIONAL
  • field theory: scalar
  • MASS SPECTRUM
  • MATHEMATICAL METHODS: VARIATIONAL