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Hessian-free force-gradient integrators and their application to lattice QCD simulations

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2025-01-30 v1

Abstract

We present initial results on Hessian-free force-gradient integrators for lattice field theories. Integrators of this framework promise to provide substantial performance enhancements, particularly for larger lattice volumes where higher-order integrators demonstrate greater efficiency. Numerical results demonstrate the superior efficiency of the proposed integrators compared to commonly employed non-gradient schemes, particularly due to enhanced stability properties. It is anticipated that the advantages of the Hessian-free framework will become even more pronounced in nested integration approaches and for smaller fermion masses, where the numerical stability properties of the integrators become increasingly important.

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@article{arxiv.2501.17632,
  title  = {Hessian-free force-gradient integrators and their application to lattice QCD simulations},
  author = {Kevin Schäfers and Jacob Finkenrath and Michael Günther and Francesco Knechtli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.17632},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Contribution to Proceedings of the 41st International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (LATTICE2024)

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