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Wave functions for Hamiltonian Lattice Gauge Theory

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We study four dimensional SU(2) lattice gauge theory in the Hamiltonian formalism by Green's Function Monte Carlo methods. A trial ground state wave function is introduced to improve the configuration sampling and we discuss the interplay between its complexity and the simulation systematic errors. As a case study, we compare the leading strong coupling approximation and an improved 4 parameters wave function with 1X1 and 1X2 plaquette terms. Our numerical results favors the second option.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0003016,
  title  = {Wave functions for Hamiltonian Lattice Gauge Theory},
  author = {Matteo Beccaria},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0003016},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, 8 Encapsulated PostScript figures