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hep-lat2017★ 5 cited

Topological charge and cooling scales in pure SU(2) lattice gauge theory

Bernd A. Berg, David A. Clarke

Using Monte Carlo simulations with overrelaxation, we have equilibrated lattices up to , size , for pure SU(2) lattice gauge theory with the Wilson action. We calcul…

hep-lat2017

Estimates of Scaling Violations for Pure SU(2) LGT

Bernd A. Berg, David Clarke

We investigate the approach of pure SU(2) lattice gauge theory with the Wilson action to its continuum limit using the deconfining transition, Luescher's gradient flow, and the coo…

hep-lat2016★ 16 cited

Deconfinement, gradient and cooling scales for pure SU(2) lattice gauge theory

Bernd A. Berg, David A. Clarke

We investigate the approach of pure SU(2) lattice gauge theory with the Wilson action to its continuum limit using the deconfining phase transition, the gradient flow and the cooli…

hep-lat2015★ 6 cited

Asymptotic scaling and continuum limit of pure SU(3) lattice gauge theory

Bernd A. Berg

Recently the Yang-Mills gradient flow of pure SU(3) lattice gauge theory has been calculated in the range from to~7.5 (Asakawa et al.), where is the bare co…

hep-lat2014

Status of the Lambda Lattice Scale for the SU(3) Wilson gauge action

Bernd A. Berg

With the emergence of the Yang-Mills gradient flow technique there is renewed interest in the issue of scale setting in lattice gauge theory. Here I compare for the SU(3) Wilson ga…

hep-lat2013★ 11 cited

SU(3) deconfining phase transition with finite volume corrections due to a confined exterior

Bernd A. Berg, Hao Wu

Using the geometry of a double-layered torus we investigate the deconfining phase transition of pure SU(3) lattice gauge theory by Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations. In one laye…

hep-lat2012★ 2 cited

Fisher zeros and conformality in lattice models

Yannick Meurice, Alexei Bazavov, Bernd A. Berg +6

Fisher zeros are the zeros of the partition function in the complex beta=2N_c/g^2 plane. When they pinch the real axis, finite size scaling allows one to distinguish between first…

hep-lat2012★ 1 cited

On the energy momentum dispersion in the lattice regularization

Bernd A. Berg, Zach McDargh

For a free scalar boson field and for U(1) gauge theory finite volume (infrared) and other corrections to the energy-momentum dispersion in the lattice regularization are investiga…

hep-lat2012★ 27 cited

Density of states and Fisher's zeros in compact U(1) pure gauge theory

A. Bazavov, B. A. Berg, Daping Du +1

We present high-accuracy calculations of the density of states using multicanonical methods for lattice gauge theory with a compact gauge group U(1) on 4^4, 6^4 and 8^4 lattices. W…

hep-lat2011★ 3 cited

Vector boson mass generation without new fields

Bernd A. Berg

Previously a model of only vector fields with a local U(2) symmetry was introduced for which one finds a massless U(1) photon and a massive SU(2) vector boson in the lattice regula…

hep-lat2010★ 3 cited

Deconfined SU(2) phase with a massive vector boson triplet

Bernd A. Berg

We introduce a model of SU(2) and U(1) vector fields with a local U(2) symmetry. Its action can be obtained in the London limit of a gauge invariant regularization involving two sc…

hep-lat2009★ 3 cited

Deconfined SU(2) vector fields at zero temperature

Bernd A. Berg

Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations of pure SU(2)xU(1) lattice gauge theory show a (zero temperature) deconfining phase transition in the SU(2) gluon sector when a term is added t…

hep-lat2009★ 5 cited

Fortran MPI Checkerboard Code for SU(3) Lattice Gauge Theory I

Bernd A. Berg

We document Fortran MPI checkerboard code for Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations of pure SU(3) lattice gauge theory with the Wilson action on a D-dimensional double-layered torus…

hep-lat2009★ 5 cited

Program package for multicanonical simulations of U(1) lattice gauge theory

Alexei Bazavov, Bernd A. Berg

We document our Fortran 77 code for multicanonical simulations of 4D U(1) lattice gauge theory in the neighborhood of its phase transition. This includes programs and routines for…

hep-lat2008★ 39 cited

Phase Transition Properties of 3D Potts Models

Alexei Bazavov, Bernd A. Berg, Santosh Dubey

Using multicanonical Metropolis simulations we estimate phase transition properties of 3D Potts models for q=4 to 10: The transition temperatures, latent heats, entropy gaps, norma…

hep-lat2007★ 14 cited

Normalized entropy density of the 3D 3-state Potts model

Alexei Bazavov, Bernd A. Berg

Using a multicanonical Metropolis algorithm we have performed Monte Carlo simulations of the 3D 3-state Potts model on lattices with L=20, 30, 40, 50. Covering a range of inv…

hep-lat2007★ 26 cited

Deconfining Phase Transition on Lattices with Boundaries at Low Temperature

Alexei Bazavov, Bernd A. Berg

In lattice gauge theory (LGT) equilibrium simulations of QCD are usually performed with periodic boundary conditions (BCs). In contrast to that deconfined regions created in heavy…

hep-lat2006★ 14 cited

Non-Perturbative U(1) Gauge Theory at Finite Temperature

Bernd A. Berg, Alexei Bazavov

For compact U(1) lattice gauge theory (LGT) we have performed a finite size scaling analysis on lattices for fixed by extrapolating spatial volumes of size $N_s\l…

hep-lat2006★ 20 cited

Glauber dynamics of phase transitions: SU(3) lattice gauge theory

Alexei Bazavov, Bernd A. Berg, Alexander Velytsky

Motivated by questions about the QCD deconfining phase transition, we studied in two previous papers Model A (Glauber) dynamics of 2D and 3D Potts models, focusing on structure fac…

hep-lat2005★ 15 cited

Biased Metropolis-Heat-Bath Algorithm for Fundamental-Adjoint SU(2) Lattice Gauge Theory

Alexei Bazavov, Bernd A. Berg, Urs M. Heller

For SU(2) lattice gauge theory with the fundamental-adjoint action an efficient heat-bath algorithm is not known so that one had to rely on Metropolis simulations supplemented by o…

hep-lat2005★ 2 cited

Critical behavior of strongly coupled lattice QCD at finite temperature

Yasuo Umino

We study the critical behavior of lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) in the strong coupling approximation with Kogut-Susskind and Wilson fermions at finite temperature () and…

hep-lat2005★ 8 cited

Evolution of the Structure Factors in Pure SU(N) Lattice Gauge Theory and Effective Spin Models

A. Bazavov, B. A. Berg, A. Velytsky

We consider model A dynamics for a quench from the disordered into the ordered phase of SU(3) lattice gauge theory and the analogue 3d 3-state Potts model. For the gauge model this…

hep-lat2005★ 25 cited

Heat Bath Efficiency with Metropolis-Type Updating

Alexei Bazavov, Bernd A. Berg

We illustrate for 4D SU(2) and U(1) lattice gauge theory that sampling with a biased Metropolis scheme is essentially equivalent to using the heat bath algorithm. Only, the biased…

hep-lat2004★ 8 cited

Model A Dynamics and the Deconfining Phase Transition for Pure Lattice Gauge Theory

Alexei Bazavov, Bernd A. Berg, Alexander Velytsky

We consider model A dynamics for a heating quench from the disordered (confined) into the ordered (deconfined) phase of SU(3) lattice gauge theory. For lattices the expon…