TY - GEN A1 - Ilgenfritz, Ernst-Michael A1 - Kerler, Werner A1 - Stüben, Hinnerk T1 - Decorrelation of the topological charge in tempered Hybrid Monte Carlo simulations of QCD N2 - We study the improvement of simulations of QCD with dynamical Wilson fermions by combining the Hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm with parallel tempering. As an indicator for decorrelation we use the topological charge. T3 - ZIB-Report - SC-99-28 KW - QCD KW - parallel tempering KW - topological charge Y1 - 1999 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-4168 ER - 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 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-6593 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Ilgenfritz, Ernst-Michael A1 - Kerler, Werner A1 - Müller-Preussker, Michael A1 - Stüben, Hinnerk T1 - Parallel tempering and decorrelation of topological charge in full QCD N2 - The improvement of simulations of QCD with dynamical Wilson fermions by combining the Hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm with parallel tempering is studied on $10^4$ and $12^4$ lattices. As an indicator for decorrelation the topological charge is used. T3 - ZIB-Report - 00-25 KW - QCD KW - parallel tempering KW - topological charge Y1 - 2000 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-5930 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Ilgenfritz, Ernst-Michael A1 - Kerler, Werner A1 - Müller-Preussker, Michael A1 - Sternbeck, André A1 - Stüben, Hinnerk T1 - A numerical reinvestigation of the Aoki phase with $N_f=2$ Wilson fermions at zero temperature N2 - We report on a numerical reinvestigation of the Aoki phase in lattice QCD with two flavors of Wilson fermions where the parity-flavor symmetry is spontaneously broken. For this purpose the Hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm was used and an explicit symmetry-breaking source term $h\bar{\psi} i \gamma_{5} \tau^{3}\psi$ was added to the Wilson fermion action. The order parameter $\langle\bar{\psi}i\gamma_{5}\tau^{3}\psi\rangle$ was studied at several values of $(\beta,\kappa,h)$ on lattices of sizes $4^4$ to $12^4$. Our largest lattices can be considered as infintely large allowing to extrapolate to $h=0$. The existence of a parity-flavor-breaking phase can be confirmed at $\beta=4.0$ and $\beta=4.3$ while we find no sign of parity-flavor-breaking at $\beta=4.6$ and $\beta=5.0$. T3 - ZIB-Report - 03-27 KW - Wilson fermions KW - phase diagram KW - parity-flavor symmetry KW - Aoki phase Y1 - 2003 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-7492 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Ilgenfritz, Ernst-Michael A1 - Kerler, Werner A1 - Müller-Preussker, Michael A1 - Sternbeck, Andre A1 - Stüben, Hinnerk T1 - Probing the Aoki phase with N_f=2 Wilson fermions at finite temperature N2 - In this letter we report on a numerical investigation of the Aoki phase in the case of finite temperature which continues our former study at zero temperature. We have performed simulations with Wilson fermions at $\beta=4.6$ using lattices with temporal extension $N_{\tau}=4$. In contrast to the zero temperature case, the existence of an Aoki phase can be confirmed for a small range in $\kappa$ at $\beta=4.6$, however, shifted slightly to lower $\kappa$. Despite fine-tuning $\kappa$ we could not separate the thermal transition line from the Aoki phase. T3 - ZIB-Report - 05-48 KW - Wilson fermions KW - phase diagram KW - parity-flavor symmetry KW - Aoki phase KW - finite temperature Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-8812 ER -