Schwinger-Keldysh formalism on the lattice: A faster algorithm and its application to field theory

Apr 21, 2017
11 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 95 (2017) 11, 114501
  • Published: Jun 6, 2017
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Abstract: (APS)
A new algorithm is developed allowing the Monte Carlo study of a 1+1-dimensional theory in real time. The main algorithmic development is to avoid the explicit calculation of the Jacobian matrix and its determinant in the update process. This improvement has a wide applicability and reduces the cost of the update in thimble-inspired calculations from O(N3) to less than O(N2). As an additional feature, the algorithm leads to improved Monte Carlo proposals. We exemplify the use of the algorithm to the real-time dynamics of a scalar ϕ4 theory with weak and strong couplings.
Note:
  • 12 pages, 5 figures
  • space-time: dimension: 2
  • path integral
  • numerical calculations: Monte Carlo
  • strong coupling
  • weak coupling
  • fermion: determinant
  • lattice
  • phi**n model: 4
  • numerical methods: efficiency
  • holography