26 July 2026 to 1 August 2026
University of Maryland, College Park
US/Eastern timezone

Crafting the change of variables for HMC

28 Jul 2026, 15:00
20m
Benjamin Banneker B (Adele H. Stamp Student Union)

Benjamin Banneker B

Adele H. Stamp Student Union

3972 Campus Dr, College Park, MD 20742
Contributed talk Algorithms and artificial intelligence Algorithms and artificial intelligence

Speaker

Xiao-Yong Jin

Description

We explore how a change of variables impacts HMC sampling in lattice gauge theories. Using a 2D U(1) pure gauge system as a testbed, we introduce a local change of variables while keeping the computational cost of the Jacobian low. We analyze how different formulations affect the effective action and the effective force, comparing them to existing field transformation techniques in the literature. We show the scaling behavior of the HMC sampling for the 2D U(1) pure gauge system and discuss the extensibility of this approach to 4D SU(3).

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