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A global optimization method for Landau gauge fixing in Lattice QCD

O. Oliveira, P. J. Silva

hep-latarXiv:hep-lat/0309184

Abstract

An algorithm for gauge fixing to the minimal Landau gauge in lattice QCD is described. The method, a combination of an evolutionary algorithm with a steepest descent method, is able to solve the problem of the nonperturbative gauge fixing. The performance of the combined algorithm is investigated on 84, β= 5.7, and 164, β= 6.0, lattice SU(3) gauge configurations.

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