Gradient flows without blow-up for Lefschetz thimbles

Abstract

We propose new gradient flows that define Lefschetz thimbles and do not blow up in a finite flow time. We study analytic properties of these gradient flows, and confirm them by numerical tests in simple examples.

31 pages, 11 figures, (v2) conclusion part is expanded

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