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Decorrelation of the topological charge in tempered Hybrid Monte Carlo simulations of QCD


SC 99-28 Ernst-Michael Ilgenfritz, Werner Kerler, Hinnerk Stüben: Decorrelation of the topological charge in tempered Hybrid Monte Carlo simulations of QCD


Abstract: We study the improvement of simulations of QCD with dynamical Wilson fermions by combining the Hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm with parallel tempering. As an indicator for decorrelation we use the topological charge.
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Keywords: QCD, parallel tempering, topological charge
PACS: 11.15.Ha, 12.38.Gc