Abstract
The SU(2) Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory is shown explicitly to be equivalent to a nonrelativistic quantum many-body problem in S3. By exploiting this equivalence, a many-body Monte Carlo algorithm is devised to solve for its ground-state properties. To the extent that a trial wave function consisting of a product of single-plaquette functions is a good approximation to the exact ground state, the present Monte Carlo method is shown to be an efficient means of calculating the ground-state energy with high precision.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3201-3212 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Physical Review D |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| State | Published - 1985 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)