Deterministic chaos in nonAbelian lattice gauge theory

Feb, 1992
9 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 68 (1992) 3387-3390
Report number:
  • DUKE-TH-92-32

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Abstract: (APS)
We present numerical evidence that the real-time Hamiltonian dynamics of SU(2) gauge theory on a spatial lattice exhibits deterministic chaos in the semiclassical limit. We determine the largest Lyapunov exponent of the gauge field as a function of energy density, and derive a nonperturbative expression for the thermalization time.
  • lattice field theory
  • gauge field theory: SU(2)
  • field theory: nonabelian
  • effective Hamiltonian
  • chaos
  • approximation: semiclassical