Enhancing the ergodicity of Worldvolume HMC via embedding generalized thimble HMC

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Autori principali: Fukuma, Masafumi, Namekawa, Yusuke
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author Fukuma, Masafumi
Namekawa, Yusuke
author_facet Fukuma, Masafumi
Namekawa, Yusuke
contents The Worldvolume Hybrid Monte Carlo (WV-HMC) method [arXiv:2012.08468] is an efficient and versatile algorithm that mitigates the sign problem while resolving the ergodicity issues inherent in Lefschetz-thimble approaches. We focus on cases where the maximum flow time can be kept small, such as when applying WV-HMC to the doped Hubbard model utilizing a redundant, nonphysical parameter. An optimal choice of this parameter significantly reduces the sign problem on the original integration surface. This allows for small flow times, thereby enabling the simulation of larger system sizes at a modest computational cost. However, when the worldvolume reduces to a thin layer, phase-space exploration becomes inefficient, and ergodicity problems may reemerge. To address this limitation in WV-HMC, we propose embedding generalized thimble HMC (GT-HMC) into the WV-HMC framework. GT-HMC performs updates on a single deformed surface at a fixed flow time. Despite its inherent ergodicity issues at the zeros of the Boltzmann weight, GT-HMC efficiently explores the allowed region and typically permits larger molecular dynamics step sizes than WV-HMC. Consequently, it is highly effective in regions where ergodicity issues are less severe. We prove that GT-HMC can be consistently embedded within WV-HMC and confirm that the standalone and combined algorithms agree within statistical errors for the two-dimensional doped Hubbard model on an $8 \times 8$ lattice. This combined algorithm enables simulations on larger spacetime lattices. We demonstrate the feasibility of this approach by extrapolating the number and energy densities to the zero Trotter step limit at fixed temperature $T/t = 1/6.4\simeq 0.156$ and repulsive interaction $U/t = 8.0$. Even with modest sample sizes, we achieve controlled statistical errors across the entire range of the chemical potential.
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spellingShingle Enhancing the ergodicity of Worldvolume HMC via embedding generalized thimble HMC
Fukuma, Masafumi
Namekawa, Yusuke
Strongly Correlated Electrons
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Theory
The Worldvolume Hybrid Monte Carlo (WV-HMC) method [arXiv:2012.08468] is an efficient and versatile algorithm that mitigates the sign problem while resolving the ergodicity issues inherent in Lefschetz-thimble approaches. We focus on cases where the maximum flow time can be kept small, such as when applying WV-HMC to the doped Hubbard model utilizing a redundant, nonphysical parameter. An optimal choice of this parameter significantly reduces the sign problem on the original integration surface. This allows for small flow times, thereby enabling the simulation of larger system sizes at a modest computational cost. However, when the worldvolume reduces to a thin layer, phase-space exploration becomes inefficient, and ergodicity problems may reemerge. To address this limitation in WV-HMC, we propose embedding generalized thimble HMC (GT-HMC) into the WV-HMC framework. GT-HMC performs updates on a single deformed surface at a fixed flow time. Despite its inherent ergodicity issues at the zeros of the Boltzmann weight, GT-HMC efficiently explores the allowed region and typically permits larger molecular dynamics step sizes than WV-HMC. Consequently, it is highly effective in regions where ergodicity issues are less severe. We prove that GT-HMC can be consistently embedded within WV-HMC and confirm that the standalone and combined algorithms agree within statistical errors for the two-dimensional doped Hubbard model on an $8 \times 8$ lattice. This combined algorithm enables simulations on larger spacetime lattices. We demonstrate the feasibility of this approach by extrapolating the number and energy densities to the zero Trotter step limit at fixed temperature $T/t = 1/6.4\simeq 0.156$ and repulsive interaction $U/t = 8.0$. Even with modest sample sizes, we achieve controlled statistical errors across the entire range of the chemical potential.
title Enhancing the ergodicity of Worldvolume HMC via embedding generalized thimble HMC
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02659