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An idealized multigrid algorithm for the computation of propagators of staggered fermions is investigated. Exemplified in four-dimensional $SU(2)$ gauge fields, it is shown that the idealized algorithm preserves criticality under…
Multigrid methods were invented for the solution of discretized partial differential equations in ordered systems. The slowness of traditional algorithms is overcome by updates on various length scales. In this article we discuss…
NOTE: this is a shortened version of the abstract of the paper. Multigrid methods for propagators in gauge fields are investigated. Gauge fields are incorporated in algorithms in a covariant way. This avoids the necessity for gauge fixing…
A Dirac choice for the averaging kernel $C$ is implemented numerically. This improved kernel will be needed in gauge covariant multigrid computations for propagators of staggered fermions. Results for $C$ and the variational coarse grid…
I make three conceptual points regarding multigrid methods for computing propagators in lattice gauge theory: 1) The class of operators handled by the algorithm must be stable under coarsening. 2) Problems related by symmetry should have…
Practical modifications of deterministic multigrid and conventional relaxation algorithms are discussed. New parameters need not be tuned but are determined by the algorithms themselves. One modification can be thought of as ``updating on a…
Critical slowing down in Krylov methods for the Dirac operator presents a major obstacle to further advances in lattice field theory as it approaches the continuum solution. Here we formulate a multi-grid algorithm for the Kogut-Susskind…
Adaptive multi-grid methods have proven very successful in dealing with critical slow down for the Wilson-Dirac solver in lattice gauge theory. Multi-grid algorithms developed for Staggered fermions using the K\"ahler-Dirac…
The construction of multigrid operators for disordered linear lattice operators, in particular the fermion matrix in lattice gauge theories, by means of algebraic multigrid and block LU decomposition is discussed. In this formalism, the…
The Iteratively Smoothing Unigrid algorithm (ISU), a new multigrid method for computing propagators in Lattice Gauge Theory, is explained. The main idea is to compute good (i.e.\ smooth) interpolation operators in an iterative way. This…
Lattice regularization of chiral fermions is an important development of the theory of elementary particles. Nontheless, brute force computer simulations are very expensive, if not prohibitive. In this letter I exploit the non-interacting…
We simulate $ SU(2) $ lattice gauge theory using dynamical reduced staggered fermions. The latter lead to two rather than four Dirac fermions in the continuum limit. We review the derivation and properties of reduced staggered fermions and…
Application of multigrid solvers in shifted linear systems is studied. We focus on accelerating the rational approximation needed for simulating single flavor operators. This is particularly useful, in the case of twisted mass fermions for…
The staggered fermion approach to build models with chiral fermions is briefly reviewed. The method is tested in a U(1) model with axial vector coupling in two and four dimensions.
We calculate the perturbative corrections to fermion bilinears that are used in numerical simulations when extracting weak matrix elements using staggered fermions. This extends previous calculations of Golterman and Smit, and Daniel and…
Due to its optimal complexity, the multigrid (MG) method is one of the most popular approaches for solving large-scale linear systems arising from the discretization of partial differential equations. However, the parallel implementation of…
We show how to construct a tensor network representation of the path integral for reduced staggered fermions coupled to a non-abelian gauge field in two dimensions. The resulting formulation is both memory and computation efficient because…
Staggered fermion shift symmetries correspond to translations of the fermion field within the unit cell of a hypercubic lattice. They satisfy an algebra and in four Euclidean dimensions can be related to a discrete subgroup of an $SU(4)$…
We propose a data-driven and machine-learning-based approach to compute non-Galerkin coarse-grid operators in algebraic multigrid (AMG) methods, addressing the well-known issue of increasing operator complexity. Guided by the AMG theory on…
We present the first 2+1 flavour lattice QCD calculations of pseudoscalar flavour-singlet propagators using improved staggered fermions. We explore the relevant techniques and discuss prospects for the larger scale studies now in progress.…