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Equivariant normalizing flows improve sampling for lattice gauge theory

Equivariant normalizing flows improve sampling for lattice gauge theory.

Summary

The arXiv paper defines gauge-invariant, flow-based sampling algorithms for lattice gauge theories. In two-dimensional U(1) gauge theory, the authors report orders-of-magnitude efficiency gains for sampling topological quantities near critical points compared with traditional Hybrid Monte Carlo and Heat Bath procedures.

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