Speaker
Kurt Langfeld
(Plymouth University)
Description
For more than three decades, finite density quantum field theories have evaded first principle Monte-Carlo simulations due to the notorious sign-problem. The recent years have seen some remarkable progress towards the understanding of cold and dense quantum matter. The density-of-states approach aims to calculate the probability distribution of the imaginary part of the action. The partition function then appears as a Fourier integral of this density, which is carried out (semi-)analytically. The LLR method [1] is a Wang-Landau type of approach. We established that it features an exponential error suppression [2], which allows us to reliably estimate the density-of-states over hundreds of orders of magnitude. I review the results for a Z3 spin theory at finite densities [3], which serves as proof that the LLR method amasses enough precision to solve a strong sign problem. I will also address new results for QCD at finite densities of heavy quarks.
[1] Langfeld, Lucini and Rago, PRL 109 (2012) 111601, arXiv:1204.3243
[2] Langfeld, Lucini, Pellegrini and Rago, arXiv:1509.08391
[3] Langfeld, Lucini, PRD D90 (2014) 9, 094502, arXiv:1404.7187.
Primary author
Kurt Langfeld
(Plymouth University)
Co-authors
Antonio Rago
(University of Plymouth (GB))
Biagio Lucini
(Swansea University)
Nicolas Garron
(Plymouth University)
Roberto Pellegrini
(University of Edinburgh)