An algorithm for gluinos on the lattice

Lüscher’s local bosonic algorithm for Monte Carlo simulations of quantum field theories with fermions is applied to the simulation of a possibly supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with a Majorana fermion in the adjoint representation. Combined with a correction step in a two-step polynomial approximation scheme, the obtained algorithm seems to be promising and could be competitive with more conventional algorithms based on discretized classical (“molecular dynamics”) equations of motion. The application of the considered polynomial approximation scheme to optimized hopping parameter expansions is also discussed.