High Energy Theory Seminar

Series: High Energy Theory Seminar Series

Mass shift in lattice Hamiltonian approach to Schwinger model

Silviu Pufu, Princeton University,

The Schwinger model, or quantum electrodynamics in 1+1 dimensions, is one of the simplest gauge theories. In this talk, I will first review a standard lattice discretization of the one-flavor Schwinger model using the Kogut-Susskind Hamiltonian approach with staggered fermions. I will then present a new relation between the lattice and continuum mass parameters, and show how this relation significantly improves the continuum extrapolations of various quantities computed on the lattice. Lastly, I will also discuss aspects of the two-flavor Schwinger model and its phase diagram.

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