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| author | Abbott, Ryan Jay, William I. Oare, Patrick R. |
| author_facet | Abbott, Ryan Jay, William I. Oare, Patrick R. |
| contents | Numerical analytic continuation arises frequently in lattice field theory, particularly in spectroscopy problems. This work shows the equivalence of common spectroscopic problems to certain classes of moment problems that have been studied thoroughly in the mathematical literature. Mathematical results due to Kovalishina enable rigorous bounds on smeared matrix-valued spectral functions, which are implemented numerically for the first time. The required input is a positive-definite matrix of Euclidean-time correlation functions; such matrices are routinely computed in variational spectrum studies using lattice quantum chromodynamics. This work connects the moment-problem perspective to recent developments using the Rayleigh--Ritz method and Lanczos algorithm. Possible limitations due to finite numerical precision are discussed. |
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| spellingShingle | Moment problems and bounds for matrix-valued smeared spectral functions Abbott, Ryan Jay, William I. Oare, Patrick R. High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Theory Numerical analytic continuation arises frequently in lattice field theory, particularly in spectroscopy problems. This work shows the equivalence of common spectroscopic problems to certain classes of moment problems that have been studied thoroughly in the mathematical literature. Mathematical results due to Kovalishina enable rigorous bounds on smeared matrix-valued spectral functions, which are implemented numerically for the first time. The required input is a positive-definite matrix of Euclidean-time correlation functions; such matrices are routinely computed in variational spectrum studies using lattice quantum chromodynamics. This work connects the moment-problem perspective to recent developments using the Rayleigh--Ritz method and Lanczos algorithm. Possible limitations due to finite numerical precision are discussed. |
| title | Moment problems and bounds for matrix-valued smeared spectral functions |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01377 |