Cluster Percolation and Chiral Phase Transition

Abstract

The Meron Cluster algorithm solves the sign problem in a class of interacting fermion lattice models with a chiral phase transition. Within this framework, we study the geometrical features of the clusters built by the algorithm, that suggest the occurrence of a generalized percolating phase transition at the chiral critical temperature in close analogy with Fortuin-Kasteleyn percolation in spin models.

Comments: 10 pages 7 EPS figures, to appear on Physical Review D