Efficient Quantum Simulations of Yang-Mills theory with Maximal-tree GaugeWe develop a quantum algorithmic framework for the efficient simulation of Yang--Mills theories, including the SU(3) gauge theory in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). The framework uses…Tianyin Li, Ying-Ying Li, Xiaoyang Wang et al.·Aug 27, 2026SaveLearn
Physics-informed quantum algorithms for glueball-like excitations in a Z2 lattice gauge theoryGlueball spectroscopy with quantum computing requires both a correlated gauge vacuum and a systematic construction of its low-lying pure-gauge excitations. We develop a physics-informed…Dan-Bo Zhang·Aug 26, 2026SaveLearn
Anomalous behavior of Wilson fermions in the presence of monopolesThree dimensional compact U(1) gauge theory supports a finite density of monopoles at a fixed lattice gauge coupling. After showing evidence for the expected dependence on the lattice coupling of the…Manuel Cortina, Rajamani Narayanan, Ray Romero·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Direct lattice QCD calculation of the θ-induced CP-violating pion-nucleon couplingWe present the first direct lattice QCD determination of the θ-induced CP-violating pion-nucleon-nucleon coupling gπNN. Using overlap valence fermions on three 2+1-flavor domain-wall…Chuan-Yang Li, Jun Hua, Jian Liang et al.·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Calculation of neutron electric dipole moment from Lattice QCDExperimental constraints on the neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) may imply strong-CP problem in QCD, or unnatural smallness of the QCD theta angle. In this work, we present a novel determination…Thomas Blum, Fangcheng He, Taku Izubuchi et al.·Aug 23, 2026SaveLearn
Exponential-in-Nc2 cost reduction of product-formula-based quantum simulations of quantum chromodynamicsQuantum algorithms for simulating quantum chromodynamics (QCD) have matured steadily since the pioneering work of Byrnes and Yamamoto [PRA 73, 022328 (2006)]. The most popular strategies for…Zohreh Davoudi, Jesse R. Stryker·Aug 21, 2026SaveLearn
The QCD crossover temperature and curvature coefficient from unbiased exponential resummation at physical quark masses in (2+1)-flavor lattice QCDWe present the first application of the unbiased exponential resummation method to the determination of the QCD pseudocritical temperature T pc at vanishing baryon chemical potential μB.…Sabarnya Mitra·Aug 19, 2026SaveLearn
Searching for symmetric mass generation with staggered fermions in four dimensionsWe conduct numerical simulations to map out the phase diagram and critical behavior of a lattice Higgs model composed of two massless staggered fermion fields forming a doublet under a global SU(2)…Nouman Butt, Simon Catterall, Gwen Hartshaw et al.·Aug 18, 2026SaveLearn
Computing the Critical Temperature of the Affine-Transformed D=3 Ising Model Using Masked Autoregressive FlowThe simple Ising model provides a rich environment to build and study lattice field theories. As part of an ongoing project to construct a conformal field theory (CFT) on an arbitrarily curved…Kai Svenson, George T. Fleming, Richard C. Brower et al.·Aug 17, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum Simulation of QCD in Axial GaugeWe study quantum simulation of SU(3) non-Abelian gauge theory dynamically coupled with fundamental fermions in 3+1 dimensions by employing the lattice Hamiltonian in axial gauge that avoids…Xiaojun Yao·Aug 17, 2026SaveLearn
Configurational Temperature in the 3D XY ModelWe investigate the configurational temperature estimator as a diagnostic tool for Monte Carlo and Langevin simulations of the three-dimensional XY model with an imaginary chemical potential. This…Kutloano Nkojoana, Anosh Joseph·Aug 17, 2026SaveLearn
Jump-Diffusion Stochastic Quantization for Euclidean Lattice Field TheoriesWe construct the natural generalization of stochastic quantization (in the Markovian sense) by considering jump-diffusion processes. This class of stochastic processes exhibits non-continuous paths,…Alexander Rothkopf·Aug 17, 2026SaveLearn
Operator subspace based method for the extraction of higher energy levels in Lattice field theoretic systemsGiven the importance of spectral analysis of lattice quantum field theory data, the advancement of techniques for the same remains critically important. Therefore, we propose an algorithm that uses…Ken-Ichi Ishikawa, Siddharth Ramesh Pandey·Aug 17, 2026SaveLearn
Exotic Bs mesons in the continuum from a nonperturbatively-tuned heavy quark actionIn this work we predict the masses and binding energies of two Bs exotic-meson candidates using Lattice QCD, namely the Bs0* and Bs1. We use a relativistic heavy-quark action for the…R. J. Hudspith, Daniel Mohler, M. Stolz·Aug 15, 2026SaveLearn
Entanglement spectrum ordering and flavor polarization in the two-flavor Schwinger model at vacuum angle θ= πEntanglement spectra in gauge theories can encode both symmetry breaking and the organization of gauge sectors. In the two-flavor Schwinger model at vacuum angle θ=π, we find that the joint Schmidt…Boliang Yu, Ruixin Zhou, Meisen Gao·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Topological properties around the Roberge-Weiss transition in Nf = 2 + 1 + 1 QCDWe investigate the topological properties of QCD across the finite temperature Roberge-Weiss transition, which is found for particular values of the imaginary baryon chemical potential. Our study is…Massimo D'Elia, Fabio Siliberto, Kevin Zambello·Aug 13, 2026SaveLearn
Real-time topological rate at non-zero momentum in quenched QCDWe present a proof-of-concept numerical study of the real-time topological rate at non-zero momentum in quenched lattice QCD at a temperature T 1.24 \, Tc 360 MeV, as an important…Claudio Bonanno, Massimo D'Elia, Roberto Dionisio et al.·Aug 12, 2026SaveLearn
Blind Spots of the Zwanziger Horizon FunctionWe examine the configurationwise relation between the first Gribov horizon, defined by loss of positivity of the Faddeev-Popov operator, and Zwanziger's horizon function, which probes the inverse…Daniel G. Tedesco·Aug 11, 2026SaveLearn
Approximating Grassmann-valued Path Integrals with Radial Basis Function Neural NetworksSolving path integrals in quantum field theories often involves the numerical handling of noncommuting Grassmann fields, which is in many cases a highly nontrivial and numerically inefficient task,…Gabor Balassa·Aug 11, 2026SaveLearn
Vacuum polarization in QED with an electromagnetic background from the latticeWe propose a framework to determine the vacuum polarization functions in QED in the presence of an electromagnetic background field in the spacelike region on the lattice. This method consists in…En-Hung Chao·Aug 11, 2026SaveLearn
Chemical Potential and Analytic Continuation for Non-Hermitian Lattice FermionsWe introduce a chemical potential for non-Hermitian lattice fermions and show that, for even flavors with degenerate masses and paired chemical potentials (μ,-μ) or (iμ,iμ), the Hybrid Monte…Chen-Te Ma, Hui Zhang·Aug 9, 2026SaveLearn
The two-pion contribution to the hadronic vacuum polarization with staggered quarksWe present results from the first lattice QCD calculation of the two-pion contributions to the light-quark connected vector-current correlation function obtained from staggered-quark operators. We…Shaun Lahert, Carleton DeTar, Aida X. El-Khadra et al.·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
QCD Chiral Crossover Line from Lee-Yang Edge SingularitiesWe propose a universality-based reconstruction of the QCD chiral crossover line from Lee-Yang edge singularities in the complex baryon chemical potential plane. The framework maps lattice-extracted…Heng-Tong Ding, Swagato Mukherjee, Peter Petreczky et al.·Aug 6, 2026SaveLearn
From One to Eight: Supersymmetry Restoration in Lattice 3D N = 4 Super Yang--MillsTopological twisting provides a powerful framework for constructing lattice formulations of supersymmetric gauge theories. In three dimensions, a twisted version of N = 4 super Yang--Mills…Dario van den Berg, Anosh Joseph·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Group-Equivariant Diffusion Models for Lattice Field TheoryNear the critical point, Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulations of lattice quantum field theories (LQFT) become increasingly inefficient due to critical slowing down. In this work, we…Octavio Vega, Javad Komijani, Aida El-Khadra et al.·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn