Monte Carlo Study of Two-Color QCD with Finite Chemical Potential - Status report of Wilson fermion simulation

Using Wilson fermions, we study SU(2) lattice QCD with the chemical potential at $\beta=1.6$. The ratio of fermion determinants is evaluated at each Metropolis link update step. We calculate the baryon number density, the Polyakov loops and the pseudoscalar and vector masses on $4^4$ and $4^3\times 8$ lattices. Preliminary data show the pseudoscalar meson becomes massive around $\mu=0.4$, which indicates the chiral symmetry restoration. The calculation is broken down when approaching to the transition region. We analyze the behavior of the fermion determinant and eigen value distributions of the determinant, which shows a peculiar ``Shell-and-Bean'' pattern near the transition.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, Lattice 2000 (Finite Density

Some classical views on the parameters of the Grothendieck-Teichmüeller group

We present two new formulas concerning behaviors of the standard parameters of the Grothendieck-Teichmüller group GT , and discuss their relationships with classical mathematics. First, considering a non-Galois etale cover of P1 {0 1 infinity} of degree 4, we present a newtype equation satisfied by the Galois image in GT . Second, a certain equation in GL 2 (Z||Z2 ) satisfied by every element of GT is derived as an application of (profinite) free differential calculus.</p

Efficient Monte Carlo algorithm in quasi-one-dimensional Ising spin systems

We have developed an efficient Monte Carlo algorithm, which accelerates slow Monte Carlo dynamics in quasi-one-dimensional Ising spin systems. The loop algorithm of the quantum Monte Carlo method is applied to the classical spin models with highly anisotropic exchange interactions. Both correlation time and real CPU time are reduced drastically. The algorithm is demonstrated in the layered triangular-lattice antiferromagnetic Ising model. We have obtained the relation between the transition temperature and the exchange interaction parameters, which modifies the result of the chain-mean-field theory.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure

Identification of topologically different valence bond states in spin ladders

We discuss relation between three different methods to identify topologically distinct short-range valence-bond ground states in spin-$\frac12$ two-leg ladders: the string order parameters, the level-crossing method, and the ground-state expectation value of the twist operator. For this purpose we reexamine a phase transition in the frustrated spin ladder. We propose a proper bosonization of the string order parameters. Then, these three methods are shown to be equivalent reflecting the $Z_2\times Z_2$ symmetry breaking of the order and the disorder fields of the two-dimensional Ising model.Comment: 2 pages, Proceedings for LT2