PIRSA:14110178

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https://pirsa.org/14110178

Tensor Networks for nonabelian Gauge Theory

Milsted, A. (2014). Tensor Networks for nonabelian Gauge Theory. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/14110178

Milsted, Ashley. Tensor Networks for nonabelian Gauge Theory. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nov. 25, 2014, https://pirsa.org/14110178 

          @misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:14110178,
            doi = {10.48660/14110178},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/14110178},
            author = {Milsted, Ashley},
            keywords = {Quantum Matter},
            language = {en},
            title = {Tensor Networks for nonabelian Gauge Theory},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2014},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:14110178 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/index.php/pirsa/14110178}}
          }

Ashley Milsted California Institute of Technology

Talk numberPIRSA:14110178
DOI10.48660/14110178
Source RepositoryPIRSA
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

We present an analytic, gauge invariant tensor network ansatz for the ground state of lattice Yang-Mills theory for nonabelian gauge groups. It naturally takes the form of a MERA, where the top level is the strong coupling limit of the lattice theory. Each layer performs a fine-graining operation defined in a fixed way followed by an optional step of adiabatic evolution, resulting in the ground state at an intermediate coupling. The ansatz is very much in the spirit of Kogut and Susskind's Hamiltonian approach to understanding confinement by starting from the strong coupling limit and perturbing, but exploiting a tensor network structure to go beyond perturbative approaches.