Continuous renormalization group β function from lattice simulations

Two-loop β-function from the exact renormalization group

We calculate the two-loop renormalization group (RG) β-function of a massless scalar field theory from the irreducible version of Polchinski’s exact RG flow equation. To obtain the correct two-loop result within this method, it is necessary to take the full momentum-dependence of the irreducible four-point vertex and the six-point vertex into account. Although the same calculation within the or...

Wilson's momentum shell renormalization group from Fourier Monte Carlo simulations

Previous attempts to accurately compute critical exponents from Wilson’s momentum shell renormalization prescription suffered from the difficulties posed by the presence of an infinite number of irrelevant couplings. Taking the example of the 1d long-ranged Ising model, we calculate the momentum shell renormalization flow in the plane spanned by the coupling constants (u0, r0) for different val...

Renormalization Group Results for Lattice Surface Models

We study the phase diagram of statistical systems of closed and open interfaces built on a cubic lattice. Interacting closed interfaces can be written as Ising models, while open surfaces as Z(2) gauge systems. When the open surfaces reduce to closed interfaces with few defects, also the gauge model can be written as an Ising spin model. We apply the lower bound renormal-ization group (LBRG) tr...

Continuous external momenta in non-perturbative lattice simulations: a computation of renormalization factors

We discuss the usage of continuous external momenta for computing renormalization factors as needed to renormalize operator matrix elements. These kind of external momenta are encoded in special boundary conditions for the fermion fields. The method allows to compute certain renormalization factors on the lattice that would have been very difficult, if not impossible, to compute with standard m...

Parton distribution function with nonperturbative renormalization from lattice QCD