TY - GEN A1 - Ilgenfritz, Ernst-Michael A1 - Kerler, Werner A1 - Müller-Preussker, Michael A1 - Stüben, Hinnerk T1 - Parallel tempering in full QCD with Wilson fermions N2 - We study the performance of QCD simulations with dynamical Wilson fermions by combining the Hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm with parallel tempering on $10^4$ and $12^4$ lattices. In order to compare tempered with standard simulations, covariance matrices between sub-ensembles have to be formulated and evaluated using the general properties of autocorrelations of the parallel tempering algorithm. We find that rendering the hopping parameter $\kappa$ dynamical does not lead to an essential improvement. We point out possible reasons for this observation and discuss more suitable ways of applying parallel tempering to QCD. T3 - ZIB-Report - 01-33 KW - QCD KW - parallel tempering KW - correlation analysis Y1 - 2001 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-zib/frontdoor/index/index/docId/659 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-6593 ER -