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Application of Bootstrap to $\theta$-term
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Recently, novel numerical computation on quantum mechanics by using a bootstrap method was proposed by Han, Hartnoll, and Kruthoff. We consider whether this method works in systems with a $\theta$-term, where the standard Monte-Carlo computation may fail due to the sign problem. As a starting point, we study quantum mechanics of a charged particle on a circle in which a constant gauge potential is a counterpart of a $\theta$-term. We find that it is hard to determine physical quantities as functions of $\theta$ such as $E(\theta)$, except at $\theta=0$ and $\pi$. On the other hand, the correlations among observables for energy eigenstates are correctly reproduced for any $\theta$. Our results suggest that the bootstrap method may work not perfectly but sufficiently well, even if a $\theta$-term exists in the system.<br />Comment: 16 pages, 5 figures.v3: matches published version in PRD, appendix on the details of the numerical bootstrap was added
- Subjects :
- High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Lattice
Quantum Physics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2109.02701
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.085017