Shadow Hamiltonians, Poisson brackets, and gauge theories
Shadow Hamiltonians, Poisson brackets, and gauge theories
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影子哈密顿量、泊松括号和规范理论
DOI:
10.1103/physrevd.87.034511
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
M. Clark
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作者:
A. D. Kennedy;P. Silva;M. Clark
Numerical lattice gauge theory computations to generate gauge field configurations including the effects of dynamical fermions are usually carried out using algorithms that require the molecular dynamics evolution of gauge fields using symplectic integrators. Sophisticated integrators are commonly used but hard to optimize, and force-gradient integrators show promise especially for large lattice volumes. We explain that symplectic integrators lead to very efficient Monte Carlo algorithms because they exactly conserve a shadow Hamiltonian. The shadow Hamiltonian may be expanded in terms of Poisson brackets and can be used to optimize the integrators. We show how this may be done for gauge theories by extending the formulation of Hamiltonian mechanics on Lie groups to include Poisson brackets and shadows and by giving a general method for the practical computation of forces, force gradients, and Poisson brackets for gauge theories.