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Toward a systematic analysis of the fourth-root trick

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

In this note I briefly discuss ideas related to the so-called fourth-root trick. A decomposition of the ``rooted'' fermion effective action into Wilson fermions and a nonlocal, lattice spacing suppressed functional is presented, complete with link interactions. Some proposals are given for analytical, nonperturbative studies of the fourth-root trick.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0507002,
  title  = {Toward a systematic analysis of the fourth-root trick},
  author = {Joel Giedt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0507002},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, substantial revision

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