Logarithmic link smearing for full QCD
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2009-08-05 v2
Abstract
A Lie-algebra based recipe for smoothing gauge links in lattice field theory is presented, building on the matrix logarithm. With or without hypercubic nesting, this LOG/HYL smearing yields fat links which are differentiable w.r.t. the original ones. This is essential for defining UV-filtered ("fat link") fermion actions which may be simulated with a HMC-type algorithm. The effect of this smearing on the distribution of plaquettes and on the residual mass of tree-level O(a)-improved clover fermions in quenched QCD is studied.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.0709.4110,
title = {Logarithmic link smearing for full QCD},
author = {Stephan Durr},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.4110},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
29 pages, 7 figures; v2: improved text, includes comparison of APE/EXP/LOG with optimized parameters, 3 references added