Hamiltonian limit of lattice QED in 2+1 dimensions

Dec 19, 2022
14 pages
Published in:
  • PoS LATTICE2022 (2023) 292
Contribution to:
  • Published: Jan 4, 2023
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Report number:
  • MIT-CTP/5480

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Abstract: (SISSA)
The Hamiltonian limit of lattice gauge theories can be found by extrapolating the results of anisotropic lattice computations, i.e., computations using lattice actions with different temporal and spatial lattice spacings (atasa_t\neq a_s), to the limit of at0a_t\to 0. In this work, we present a study of this Hamiltonian limit for a Euclidean U(1)U(1) gauge theory in 2+1 dimensions (QED3), regularized on a toroidal lattice. The limit is found using the renormalized anisotropy ξR=at/as\xi_R=a_t/a_s, by sending ξR0\xi_R \to 0 while keeping the spatial lattice spacing constant. We compute ξR\xi_R in 33 different ways: using both the ``normal'' and the ``sideways'' static quark potential, as well as the gradient flow evolution of gauge fields. The latter approach will be particularly relevant for future investigations of combining quantum computations with classical Monte Carlo computations, which requires the matching of lattice results obtained in the Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formalisms.
  • dimension: 3
  • quark: static
  • computer: quantum
  • flow: gradient
  • quark: potential
  • lattice field theory: action
  • lattice: anisotropy
  • Hamiltonian
  • gauge field theory
  • regularization