Comparison of | Q| =1 and | Q| =2 gauge-field configurations on the lattice four-torus

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2003.12.011zbMATH Open1046.81526arXivhep-lat/0306010OpenAlexW3101530302MaRDI QIDQ1827376FDOQ1827376

Authors: Sundance Bilson-Thompson, Derek B. Leinweber, Anthony G. Williams, Gerald V. Dunne 

Publication date: 6 August 2004

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is known that exactly self-dual gauge-field configurations with topological charge |Q|=1 cannot exist on the untwisted continuum 4-torus. We explore the manifestation of this remarkable fact on the lattice 4-torus for SU(3) using advanced techniques for controlling lattice discretization errors, extending earlier work of De Forcrand et. al. for SU(2). We identify three distinct signals for the instability of |Q|=1 configurations, and show that these manifest themselves early in the cooling process, long before the would-be instanton has shrunk to a size comparable to the lattice discretization threshold. These signals do not appear for our |Q|=2 configurations. This indicates that these signals reflect the truly global nature of the instability, rather than local discretization effects. Monte-Carlo generated SU(3) gauge field configurations are cooled to the self-dual limit using an O(a^4)-improved gauge action chosen to have small but positive O(a^6) errors. This choice prevents lattice discretization errors from destroying instantons provided their size exceeds the dislocation threshold of the cooling algorithm. Lattice discretization errors are evaluated by comparing the O(a^4)-improved gauge-field action with an O(a^4)-improved action constructed from the square of an O(a^4)-improved lattice field-strength tensor, thus having different O(a^6) discretization errors. The number of action-density peaks, the instanton size and the topological charge of configurations is monitored. We observe a fluctuation in the total topological charge of |Q|=1 configurations, and demonstrate that the onset of this unusual behavior corresponds with the disappearance of multiple-peaks in the action density. At the same time discretization errors are minimal.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/0306010

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zbMATH Keywords

Lattice gauge theoryCoolingLattice QCDImproved operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25)

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