Variational Cumulant Expansion in Lattice Gauge Theory

1987
18 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 287 (1987) 171-188

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A variational method in the lagrangian formalism combined with a cumulant expansion of its order-by-order corrections is developed. The technique for dealing with the expansion is presented in a systematic way. As an example, the order parameter E p ≡ 〈(1/ N )tr U p 〉 for the SU(2) pure gauge Wilson model is evaluated to the 4th order correction in four and five dimensions and is in good agreement with the Monte Carlo results.
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: SU(2)
  • LATTICE FIELD THEORY: FOUR-DIMENSIONAL
  • LATTICE FIELD THEORY: FIVE-DIMENSIONAL
  • PERTURBATION THEORY: HIGHER-ORDER
  • ENERGY
  • EXPANSION
  • NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS: VARIATIONAL