Towards the Application of Skewed Detailed Balance in Lattice Gauge Theories

Abstract

State-of-the-art algorithms in lattice gauge theory typically rely heavily on detailed balance, which is an instrumental tool to prove the correct convergence of the Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm. In this work, we investigate an alternative to detailed balance, skewed detailed balance, and the prospects of alleviating the topological freezing problem by studying the one-dimensional $O\left(2\right)$ model.

Comments: PoS Lattice 2022