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An Introduction to Lattice QCD and Monte Carlo Simulations Sinya Aoki Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba 2005 Taipei Summer Institute on Particles and Fields (TSI2005) May 30 - September 16, 2005, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan
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Lattice Field Theories 1. Continuum (quantum) Field theories Perturbative expansion needed to define the theory Divergences Regularization/Renormalization Gauge volume Gauge fixing Path-integral quantization, canonical quantization 2. Lattice (quantum) field theories does not rely on perturbation theory lattice spacing regularization continuum limit( ) has to be taken (renormalization) Path-integral in Euclidean space Strong or weak coupling expansions, Monte Carlo method Definition of Quantum Field Theories ?
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Introduction to Lattice Field Theory
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1. Scalar Field 2. Gauge Field Link variables and action Elitzur’s theorem and Wilson Loop Strong coupling expansion 3. Fermion Field Naive Fermion and doubling problem Nielesen-Ninomiya’s theorem Wilson fermion Contents
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1. Scalar Fields on a lattice Scalar field lives on a lattice site Derivative Dimensionless field
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2-1. Gauge Fields on a lattice Scalar siteVector link (continuum) Gauge Fields Problem:is not gauge covariant !
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2-1. Gauge Fields on a lattice Link variables Gauge transformation covariant
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2-2. Gauge Invariance Product of link variables
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2-3. Action for gauge fields Gauge invariance Simplest loop (plaquette)
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2-4. Action for gauge fields Hausdorff formula
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2-5. Action and Path integral Redefined Action Path integral
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2-6. Elitzur’s theorem “Local gauge symmetry can not be broken spontaneously”
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2-7. Gloval vs. Local Global symmetry: Local symmetry:
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2-8. Observables: Wilson Loop Wilson Loop Physical meanings area-law quark confinement perimeter-law deconfinement
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2-9. Strong Coupling Expansion SU(N) group integral
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2-9. Strong Coupling Expansion(SCE) “gauge field is random”
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2-10. Wilson Loop in SCE
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Repeating this we obtain Area-law Confinement
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3-1. Lattice Fermions: Naive Fermion
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3-2. Fermion doubling propagator
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3-3. Nielsen-Ninomiya’s theorem (a)Translational invariance (b)Chiral symmetry (c)Hermiticity (d)Fermion bilinear (e)Locality # of poles with + chirality = # of poles with - chirality (Doubling problem exists !) Sketch of the proof Poincare-Hopf’s theorem
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Remark: Chiral anomaly
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3-4. Solution: Wilson fermions “Wilson term” “decoupling of doublers at low energy” Caution: Wilson term violates chiral symmetry
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Hadron mass calculation by Monte Carlo simulations
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Path-integral formula Generation of gauge fields U (Heat-bath method) Foundation of Monte Carlo methods Hybrid Monte Carlo (HMC) for full QCD Construction of propagator Extraction of hadron masses from propagator Error analysis and Fit Quark mass dependence of hadron masses Continuum extrapolation Contents
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4-0. Hadron bound state of quarks:
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4-1. Path Integral Formula Fermion integral
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4-2. Example: meson 2-pt. function Here we use Wilson fermion(r=1)
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4-3. Procedure of the calculation 1. Generate U with probability 2. Calculate 3. use 4. Construct operator 5. Go to 1 and repeat 6. Finally
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Remark “quenched approximation” neglect creation of a quark-antiquark pair from vacuum
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5. Generation of U (Monte-Carlo simulations) Pseudo Heat-bath for quenched QCD 1. uniformly generate 2. by analytically solving 3. average Principle
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SU(2) lattice gauge theory
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Algorithm “N hits pseudo heat-bath algorithm”
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SU(3) SU(2) subgroup update
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6. Foundation for Monte-Carlo method Markov process Markov chain Definition
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Theorem 1
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Theorem 2 (1)
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Theorem 3 (2)
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7-1. Hybrid Monte Carlo (HMC) for full QCD General case
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Leap-frog method for MD step Initial Final Intermediate
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Proof of detailed valance
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Total probability Q.E.D.
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7-2. HMC for QCD
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Algorithm for HMC in QCD
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Leap-frog variation of gauge field
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8-1. Construction of propagator Calculation of propagator Linear equation
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8-2. Gradient method
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8-3. Conjugate Gradient (CG) method Solution
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Q.E.D.
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8-3. CG algorithm
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Example
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8-4. Even-odd precondition for Wilson fermion
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9-1. Extraction of mass from propagator
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9-2. Meson
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9-3. Baryon
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9-4. Effective mass
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10-1. Error Analysis and Fit
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10-2. Jack-Knife error
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10-3. Fit
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10-4. Auto-correlation
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10-5. Jack-Knife and auto-correlation
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11. Quark mass dependence of hadron masses
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11-2. Chiral extrapolation to physical quark mass
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12. Continuum extrapolation
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Continuum limit
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