Quenched Approximation Artifacts: A study in 2-dimensional QED
Abstract
The spectral properties of the Wilson-Dirac operator in 2-dimensional QED responsible for the appearance of exceptional configurations in quenched simulations are studied in detail. The mass singularity structure of the quenched functional integral is shown to be extremely compicated, with multiple branch points and cuts. The connection of lattice topological charge and exactly real eigenmodes is explored using cooling techniques. The lattice volume and spacing dependence of these modes is studied, as is the effect of clover improvement of the action. A recently proposed modified quenched approximation is applied to the study of meson correlators, and the results compared with both naive quenched and full dynamical calculations of the same quantity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9705002,
title = {Quenched Approximation Artifacts: A study in 2-dimensional QED},
author = {W. Bardeen and A. Duncan and E. Eichten and H. Thacker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9705002},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
34 pages (Latex) plus 9 embedded figures; title changed