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Hep-Lat, short for High Energy Physics – Lattice, explores the fundamental forces of nature by simulating particle interactions on a digital grid. Instead of relying solely on abstract equations, researchers in this field use powerful computers to model how quarks and gluons bind together, offering deep insights into the structure of matter that are often impossible to derive analytically.
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Using the tensor renormalization group method, this study investigates the phase structure of (3+1)-dimensional cold and dense QCD in the strong coupling limit, determining consistent critical quark masses where first-order chiral and nuclear transitions terminate and confirming these findings against dual formulation Monte Carlo simulations and mean-field analysis.
This paper establishes a framework for transforming between smeared spectral functions using different kernels by deriving conditions for exact analytic conversions and providing regulated maps with computable systematic error bounds when exact transformations are unavailable.
This paper proposes a theoretically grounded method for extracting charmonium branching fractions from radiative decays that resolves tensions between experimental data and theoretical predictions by eliminating the need for empirical damping functions in photon line shape analysis.
This paper demonstrates that the TETRIS-ADAPT-VQE algorithm can achieve high-fidelity ground state preparation for random all-to-all Hamiltonians like the SK and SYK models, though it remains efficient only for the SK model while failing to scale efficiently for dense or moderately sparse SYK models.
The paper introduces HiRep v2, an open-source, GPU-accelerated software suite that enables high-performance lattice field theory simulations of dynamical Wilson fermions in higher representations of gauge groups, offering optimized algorithms and excellent scalability for physics beyond the Standard Model.
This paper presents a high-precision renormalisation and improvement of various currents and quark masses in O() improved lattice QCD with Wilson fermions, achieving four to five significant digits for key constants like and through Schrödinger functional simulations at small lattice spacings, thereby enabling robust first-principles strategies for multi-scale problems such as B-physics and high-temperature QCD.
This paper proposes a Hamiltonian framework using symmetry disentanglers to construct fully local, nonperturbative lattice formulations of chiral gauge theories by transforming not-on-site symmetries into on-site ones, enabling the exact realization of models like the (1+1)-dimensional "3450" theory and offering a pathway to formulate the Standard Model's hypercharge symmetry.
The paper demonstrates that small perturbations in the boost-invariant color fields of the glasma exhibit an exponential growth rate proportional to the square root of time, identifying this leading Lyapunov exponent as a key factor in entropy production and thermalization during the earliest stages of heavy-ion collisions.
This paper resolves the apparent contradiction between free-quark-like fluctuations of conserved charges and confined mesonic correlators above the chiral crossover by demonstrating that while mesonic propagation remains string-bound, conserved quark number densities effectively bypass confinement through quark interchanges between overlapping color-singlet clusters, a phenomenon analogous to quark-hadron duality.
This paper presents the first direct calculation of the four tensor transition form factors for the transition using QCD light-cone sum rules, revealing distinct flavor decomposition patterns and providing model-independent chiral-odd inputs for future phenomenological analyses.