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Complex singularities around the QCD critical point at finite densities
Partition function zeros provide alternative approach to study phase
structure of finite density QCD. The structure of the Lee-Yang edge
singularities associated with the zeros in the complex chemical potential plane
has a strong influence on the real axis of the chemical potential. In order to
investigate what the singularities are like in a concrete form, we resort to an
effective theory based on a mean field approach in the vicinity of the critical
point. The crossover is identified as a real part of the singular point. We
consider the complex effective potential and explicitly study the behavior of
its extrema in the complex order parameter plane in order to see how the Stokes
lines are associated with the singularity. Susceptibilities in the complex
plane are also discussed.Comment: LaTeX, 27 pages with 15 figure
Lattice Field Theory with the Sign Problem and the Maximum Entropy Method
Although numerical simulation in lattice field theory is one of the most
effective tools to study non-perturbative properties of field theories, it
faces serious obstacles coming from the sign problem in some theories such as
finite density QCD and lattice field theory with the term. We
reconsider this problem from the point of view of the maximum entropy method.Comment: This is a contribution to the Proc. of the O'Raifeartaigh Symposium
on Non-Perturbative and Symmetry Methods in Field Theory (June 2006,
Budapest, Hungary), published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry:
Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA
Maximum Entropy Method Approach to Term
In Monte Carlo simulations of lattice field theory with a term, one
confronts the complex weight problem, or the sign problem. This is circumvented
by performing the Fourier transform of the topological charge distribution
. This procedure, however, causes flattening phenomenon of the free
energy , which makes study of the phase structure unfeasible.
In order to treat this problem, we apply the maximum entropy method (MEM) to
a Gaussian form of , which serves as a good example to test whether the
MEM can be applied effectively to the term. We study the case with
flattening as well as that without flattening. In the latter case, the results
of the MEM agree with those obtained from the direct application of the Fourier
transform. For the former, the MEM gives a smoother than that of
the Fourier transform. Among various default models investigated, the images
which yield the least error do not show flattening, although some others cannot
be excluded given the uncertainty related to statistical error.Comment: PTPTEX , 25 pages with 11 figure
MEM study of true flattening of free energy and the term
We study the sign problem in lattice field theory with a term, which
reveals as flattening phenomenon of the free energy density . We
report the result of the MEM analysis, where such mock data are used that
`true' flattening of occurs. This is regarded as a simple model for
studying whether the MEM could correctly detect non trivial phase structure in
space. We discuss how the MEM distinguishes fictitious and true
flattening.Comment: Poster presented at Lattice2004(topology), Fermilab, June 21-26,
2004; 3 pages, 3 figure
Application of Maximum Entropy Method to Lattice Field Theory with a Topological Term
In Monte Carlo simulation, lattice field theory with a term suffers
from the sign problem.
This problem can be circumvented by Fourier-transforming the topological
charge distribution . Although this strategy works well for small lattice
volume, effect of errors of
becomes serious with increasing volume and prevents one from studying
the phase structure. This is called flattening. As an alternative approach, we
apply the maximum entropy method (MEM) to the Gaussian . It is found that
the flattening could be much improved by use of the MEM.Comment: talk at Lattice 2003 (topology), 3 pages with 3 figure
Sign problem and MEM in lattice field theory with the term
Lattice field theory with the term suffers from the sign problem.
The sign problem appears as flattening of the free energy.
As an alternative to the conventional method, the Fourier transform method
(FTM), we apply the maximum entropy method (MEM) to Monte Carlo data obtained
using the CP model with the term.
For data without flattening, we obtain the most probable images of the
partition function with rather small errors. The
results are quantitatively close to the result obtained with the
FTM. Motivated by this fact, we systematically investigate flattening in
terms of the MEM.
Obtained images are consistent with the FTM for
small values of , while the behavior of
depends strongly on the default model for large values of .
This behavior of reflects the flattening phenomenon.Comment: PTPTEX, 20 pages with 15 figure
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