1997/01/20 by G. Boyd, Boyd, G.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-lat
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-lat/9701009
Talk presented at the conference Multi-Scale Phenomena and their Simulation from 30.9.-4.10 1996 in Bielefeld
arxiv created 1997/01/20 · openalex publication_date 1997/01/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Tempering is used to change the quark mass while remaining in equilibrium between the trajectories of a standard hybrid Monte Carlo simulation of four flavours of staggered fermions. The algorithm is faster for small enough quark masses, and particularly so when more than one mass is required.