The Hybrid Monte Carlo Algorithm for Quantum Chromodynamics
arXiv:hep-lat/9712019 · doi:10.1007/BFb0106881
Abstract
The Hybrid Monte Carlo (HMC) algorithm currently is the favorite scheme to simulate quantum chromodynamics including dynamical fermions. In this talk-which is intended for a non-expert audience--I want to bring together methodical and practical aspects of the HMC for full QCD simulations. I will comment on its merits and shortcomings, touch recent improvements and try to forecast its efficiency and rôle in future full QCD simulations.
11 pages, Latex with lamuphys.sty and postscript figures, to appear in Proc. of the Workshop of the Graduiertenkolleg at the university of Wuppertal on "Field Theoretical Tools for Polymer and Particle Physics"