The locality problem for two tastes of staggered fermions

Details The locality problem for two tastes of staggered fermions The locality problem for two tastes of staggered fermions

2004-08-31

arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/0408048v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Lattice

Talk presented at Lattice2004(theory), Fermilab, June 21-26, 2004

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2004.11.28

We address the locality problem arising in simulations, which take the square root of the staggered fermion determinant as a Boltzmann weight to reduce the number of dynamical quark tastes from four to two. We study analytically and numerically the square root of the staggered fermion operator as a candidate to define a two taste theory from first principles. Although it has the correct weight, this operator is non-local in the continuum limit. Our work serves as a warning that fundamental properties of field theories might be violated when employing blindly the square root trick. The question, whether a local operator reproducing the square root of the staggered fermion determinant exists, is left open.

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