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We study the kinematics of multigrid Monte Carlo algorithms by means of acceptance rates for nonlocal Metropolis update proposals. An approximation formula for acceptance rates is derived. We present a comparison of different coarse-to-fine…
We study a multigrid method for nonabelian lattice gauge theory, the time slice blocking, in two and four dimensions. For SU(2) gauge fields in two dimensions, critical slowing down is almost completely eliminated by this method. This…
An approximation formula is derived for acceptance rates of nonlocal Metropolis updates in simulations of lattice field theories. The predictions of the formula agree quite well with Monte Carlo simulations of 2-dimensional Sine Gordon, XY…
We analyze the kinematics of multigrid Monte Carlo algorithms by investigating acceptance rates for nonlocal Metropolis updates. With the help of a simple criterion we can decide whether or not a multigrid algorithm will have a chance to…
We pose two questions about the dynamical critical behavior of multigrid Monte Carlo: Will a multigrid Monte Carlo simulation of the two dimensional Sine Gordon model exhibit critical slowing down, as expected by a theoretical analysis of…
We study the dynamical critical behavior of multigrid Monte Carlo for the two dimensional Sine Gordon model on lattices up to 128 x 128. Using piecewise constant interpolation, we perform a W-cycle (gamma=2). We examine whether one can…
We present promising initial results of our adaptive multigrid solver developed for application directly to the non-Hermitian Wilson-Dirac system in 4 dimensions, as opposed to the solver developed in [1] for the corresponding normal…
We propose a new method for simulating lattice gauge theories in the presence of fermions. The method combines flow-based generative models for local gauge field updates and hierarchical updates of the factorized fermion determinant. The…
We numerically investigate the multicritical behavior of the three dimensional lattice system in which a SU(2) gauge field is coupled to two flavors of scalar fields transforming in the fundamental representation of the gauge group. In this…
We evaluate numerically and analytically the dynamic critical exponent $z$ for five gauge-fixing algorithms in SU(2) lattice Landau-gauge theory by considering the case $\beta = \infty$. Numerical data are obtained in two, three and four…
We introduce a variant of the multi-grid Monte Carlo (MGMC) method, based on the embedding of an $XY$ model into the target model, and we study its mathematical properties for a variety of nonlinear $\sigma$-models. We then apply the method…
At fine lattice spacings, Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations of QCD and other gauge theories with or without fermions are plagued by slow modes that give rise to large autocorrelation times. This can lead to simulation runs that are…
Sampling lattice field theories near criticality is severely hindered by critical slowing down, which makes standard Markov chain methods increasingly inefficient at large lattice volumes. We introduce a multiscale generative sampler,…
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…
We propose a hierarchy of multi-level kinetic Monte Carlo methods for sampling high-dimensional, stochastic lattice particle dynamics with complex interactions. The method is based on the efficient coupling of different spatial resolution…
We study the dynamic critical behavior of the multi-grid Monte Carlo (MGMC) algorithm with piecewise-constant interpolation and a W-cycle, applied to the one-dimensional $O(4)$-symmetric nonlinear $\sigma$-model [= $SU(2)$ principal chiral…
We consider a three-dimensional lattice Abelian Higgs gauge model for a charged $N$-component scalar field ${\phi}$, which is invariant under $SO(N)$ global transformations for generic values of the parameters. We focus on the…
In microscopic mechanical systems interactions between elastic structures are often mediated by the hydrodynamics of a solvent fluid. At microscopic scales the elastic structures are also subject to thermal fluctuations. Stochastic…
We study the problem of critical slowing-down for gauge-fixing algorithms (Landau gauge) in $SU(2)$ lattice gauge theory on a $2$-dimensional lattice. We consider five such algorithms, and lattice sizes ranging from $8^{2}$ to $36^{2}$ (up…
We study the problem of critical slowing-down for gauge-fixing algorithms (Landau gauge) in $SU(2)$ lattice gauge theory on $2$ and $4$ dimensional lattices, both numerically and analytically. We consider five such algorithms, and we…