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Math/Physics Seminar (309 VAN) - Yukari Yamauchi, Ph.D.; University of Washington
Dec 6, 2022
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
30 North Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA 52242
Machine Learning for Sign Problems
Yukari Yamauchi, Ph.D.; University of Washington
Sign problems in lattice QCD prevent us from non-perturbatively calculating many important properties of dense nuclear matter both in and out of equilibrium. In this talk, I will discuss numerical methods to alleviate these sign problems in lattice field theories: complex normalizing flows and subtractions. Both of the methods are the cousins of the so-called manifold deformation method, in which one deforms the manifold of integration in the path integral to the complex plane, aiming for a milder sign problem. I will demonstrate the method of complex normalizing flows with the F4 scalar field theory at complex coupling. The subtraction method will be demonstrated with the Thirring model in 1+1-dimensions at finite density, which possesses a fermion sign problem.
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