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Complex Langevin (CL) is a computational method to circumvent the numerical sign problem with applications in finite-density quantum chromodynamics and the real-time dynamics of quantum field theories. It has long been known that, depending…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2025-03-24 Kirill Boguslavski , Paul Hotzy , David I. Müller

The complex Langevin method (CLM) provides a promising way to perform the path integral with a complex action using a stochastic equation for complexified dynamical variables. It is known, however, that the method gives wrong results in…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-12-01 Shinji Shimasaki , Keitaro Nagata , Jun Nishimura

Recently there has been remarkable progress in the complex Langevin method, which aims at solving the complex action problem by complexifying the dynamical variables in the original path integral. In particular, a new technique called the…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2015-12-30 Keitaro Nagata , Jun Nishimura , Shinji Shimasaki

We study the utility of a complex Langevin (CL) equation as an alternative for the Monte Carlo (MC) procedure in the evaluation of expectation values occurring in fermionic many-body problems. We find that a CL approach is natural in cases…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 Chris Adami , Steven E. Koonin

The complex Langevin method is a promising approach to the complex-action problem based on a fictitious time evolution of complexified dynamical variables under the influence of a Gaussian noise. Although it is known to have a restricted…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2017-01-04 Keitaro Nagata , Jun Nishimura , Shinji Shimasaki

At nonzero chemical potential the numerical sign problem in lattice field theory limits the use of standard algorithms based on importance sampling. Complex Langevin dynamics provides a possible solution, but it has to be applied with care.…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2015-06-15 Gert Aarts , Lorenzo Bongiovanni , Erhard Seiler , Denes Sexty , Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu

As is well known the Complex Langevin (CL) method sometimes fails to converge or converges to the wrong limit. We identified one reason for this long ago: insufficient decay of the probability density either near infinity or near poles of…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2019-01-30 Manuel Scherzer , Erhard Seiler , Dénes Sexty , Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu

In the landscape of approaches toward the simulation of Lattice Models with complex action the Complex Langevin (CL) appears as a straightforward method with a simple, well defined setup. Its applicability, however, is controlled by certain…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2018-04-18 Gert Aarts , Kirill Boguslavski , Manuel Scherzer , Erhard Seiler , Dénes Sexty , Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu

One reason for the well known fact that the Complex Langevin (CL) method sometimes fails to converge or converges to the wrong limit has been identified long ago: it is insufficient decay of the probability density either near infinity or…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2020-01-15 M. Scherzer , E. Seiler , D. Sexty , I. -O. Stamatescu

The complex Langevin method has been attracting much attention as a solution to the sign problem since the method was shown to work in finite density QCD in the deconfined phase by using the so-called gauge cooling procedure. Whether it…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2015-11-30 Keitaro Nagata , Jun Nishimura , Shinji Shimasaki

The chemical Langevin equation (CLE) is a popular simulation method to probe the stochastic dynamics of chemical systems. The CLE's main disadvantage is its break down in finite time due to the problem of evaluating square roots of negative…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2014-07-22 David Schnoerr , Guido Sanguinetti , Ramon Grima

We present our latest results on the application of the complex Langevin method to one- and two-dimensional QCD. Although the method is stable, it unfortunately converges to an incorrect result when applied as such. After applying…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2015-08-24 Jacques Bloch , Johannes Mahr , Sebastian Schmalzbauer

The Complex Langevin (CL) method to simulate `complex probabilities', ideally produces expectation values for the observables that converge to a limit equal to the expectation values obtained with the original complex `probability' measure.…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2023-12-01 Erhard Seiler , Dénes Sexty , Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu

The complex Langevin (CL) method is a promising approach to overcome the sign problem, which emerges in real-time formulations of quantum field theories. Over the past decade, stabilization techniques for CL have been developed with…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2022-10-18 Kirill Boguslavski , Paul Hotzy , David I. Müller

The complex Langevin approach is a promising method for the numerical treatment of systems with a sign problem, for which conventional lattice field theory techniques based on importance sampling cannot be applied. However, complex Langevin…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2026-04-15 Michael Mandl

We introduce a projected complex Langevin (CL) numerical sampling method -- a fictitious Langevin dynamics scheme that uses numerical projection to sample a constrained stationary distribution with highly oscillatory character. Despite the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-03-04 Ethan C. McGarrigle , Hector D. Ceniceros , Glenn H. Fredrickson

The complex Langevin (CL) method is a promising approach to overcome the sign problem that occurs in real-time formulations of quantum field theories. Using the Schwinger-Keldysh formalism, we study SU($N_c$) gauge theories with CL. We…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2023-06-13 Kirill Boguslavski , Paul Hotzy , David I. Müller

Statistical sampling with the complex Langevin (CL) equation is applied to (0+1)-dimensional Thirring model, and its uniform-field variant, at finite fermion chemical potential $\mu$. The CL simulation reproduces a crossover behavior which…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2017-10-25 Hirotsugu Fujii , Syo Kamata , Yoshio Kikukawa

The complex Langevin (CL) method shows significant potential in addressing the numerical sign problem. Nonetheless, it often produces incorrect results when used without any stabilization techniques. Leveraging insights from previous…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2024-12-17 Kirill Boguslavski , Paul Hotzy , David I. Müller

Recently, the complex Langevin method has been applied successfully to finite density QCD either in the deconfinement phase or in the heavy dense limit with the aid of a new technique called the gauge cooling. In the confinement phase with…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-08-24 Keitaro Nagata , Jun Nishimura , Shinji Shimasaki
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