Scattering processes are a crucial ingredient for the investigation of fundamental interactions. The ever-increasing amount of data produced at particle colliders has fuelled recent progresses in the field of scattering amplitudes computation. To date, on the numerical side, the results achieved are mainly based on Monte-Carlo simulations. In this Thesis the problem is attacked with a different approach: a real-time simulation of the dynamics of a 1+1 dimensional quantum field theory is performed, exploiting the powerful tensor network methods from many-body theory. A matrix product state representation of the asymptotic input states is identified, allowing for the preparation of the initial momentum wave packets. This initial state is then evolved and we aim to compute the S-matrix elements from the knowledge of the final state. We focus on a specific fermionic U(1)-gauge model, developing a set of tools which are relevant for a broader class of 1+1 dimensional quantum field theories with global or local symmetries.

Scattering Processes via Tensor Network Simulations

Rigobello, Marco
2020/2021

Abstract

Scattering processes are a crucial ingredient for the investigation of fundamental interactions. The ever-increasing amount of data produced at particle colliders has fuelled recent progresses in the field of scattering amplitudes computation. To date, on the numerical side, the results achieved are mainly based on Monte-Carlo simulations. In this Thesis the problem is attacked with a different approach: a real-time simulation of the dynamics of a 1+1 dimensional quantum field theory is performed, exploiting the powerful tensor network methods from many-body theory. A matrix product state representation of the asymptotic input states is identified, allowing for the preparation of the initial momentum wave packets. This initial state is then evolved and we aim to compute the S-matrix elements from the knowledge of the final state. We focus on a specific fermionic U(1)-gauge model, developing a set of tools which are relevant for a broader class of 1+1 dimensional quantum field theories with global or local symmetries.
2020-06
116
lattice gauge theory, Schwinger model, scattering, tensor network, MPS, simulation
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