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Complex Langevin simulations of a finite density matrix model for QCD

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2017-04-05 v1

Abstract

We study a random matrix model for QCD at finite density via complex Langevin dynamics. This model has a phase transition to a phase with nonzero baryon density. We study the convergence of the algorithm as a function of the quark mass and the chemical potential and focus on two main observables: the baryon density and the chiral condensate. For simulations close to the chiral limit, the algorithm has wrong convergence properties when the quark mass is in the spectral domain of the Dirac operator. A possible solution of this problem is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1612.04621,
  title  = {Complex Langevin simulations of a finite density matrix model for QCD},
  author = {Jacques Bloch and Jonas Glesaaen and Owe Philipsen and Jacobus Verbaarschot and Savvas Zafeiropoulos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.04621},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

10 pages, 9 figures; Contribution to the "12th Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum" conference, Thessaloniki, 28.08.-04.09.2016