In lattice field theory, Monte Carlo simulation algorithms get highly affected by critical slowing down in the critical region, where autocorrelation time increases rapidly. Hence the cost of generation of lattice configurations near the critical region increases sharply. In this paper, we use a Conditional Generative Adversarial Network (C-GAN) for sampling lattice configurations. We train the C-GAN on the dataset consisting of Hybrid Monte Carlo (HMC) samples in regions away from the critical region, i.e., in the regions where the HMC simulation cost is not so high. Then we use the trained C-GAN model to generate independent samples in the critical region. Thus, the overall computational cost is reduced. We test our approach for Gross-Neveu model in 1+1 dimension. We find that the observable distributions obtained from the proposed C-GAN model match with those obtained from HMC simulations, while circumventing the problem of critical slowing down.
In lattice field theory, Monte Carlo simulation algorithms get highly
affected by critical slowing down in the critical region, where
autocorrelation time increases rapidly. Hence the cost of generation of
lattice configurations near the critical region increases sharply. In
this paper, we use a Conditional Generative Adversarial Network (C-GAN)
for sampling lattice configurations. We train the C-GAN on the dataset
consisting of Hybrid Monte Carlo (HMC) samples in regions away from the
critical region, i.e., in the regions where the HMC simulation cost is
not so high. Then we use the trained C-GAN model to generate independent
samples in the critical region. We perform both interpolation and
extrapolation to the critical region. Thus, the overall computational
cost is reduced. We test our approach for Gross-Neveu model in 1+1
dimension. We find that the observable distributions obtained from the
proposed C-GAN model match with those obtained from HMC simulations,
while circumventing the problem of critical slowing down.
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