Diffusion models as stochastic quantization in lattice field theory

作者：Lili Wang, Gert Aarts, Kai Zhou · 发表于：Journal of High Energy Physics · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1007/jhep05(2024)060 · 被引用次数：28 · 研究领域：Stochastic processes and financial applications、Quantum chaos and dynamical systems、Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering

A bstract In this work, we establish a direct connection between generative diffusion models (DMs) and stochastic quantization (SQ). The DM is realized by approximating the reversal of a stochastic process dictated by the Langevin equation, generating samples from a prior distribution to effectively mimic the target distribution. Using numerical simulations, we demonstrate that the DM can serve as a global sampler for generating quantum lattice field configurations in two-dimensional ϕ 4 theory. We demonstrate that DMs can notably reduce autocorrelation times in the Markov chain, especially in the critical region where standard Markov Chain Monte-Carlo (MCMC) algorithms experience critical slowing down. The findings can potentially inspire further advancements in lattice field theory simulations, in particular in cases where it is expensive to generate large ensembles.