We study abelian gauge-Higgs models on the lattice and consider gauge groups Z3 and U(1). For both cases the partition sums are mapped exactly to a dual representation where the degrees of freedom are surfaces for the gauge fields and loops of flux that may serve as boundaries for the surfaces represent the matter fields. Also at finite chemical potential the dual partition sums have only real and positive contributions and the complex action problem of the conventional representation is overcome in the dual approach. We apply a local Metropolis update for the dual degrees of freedom, as well as a generalization of the worm algorithm to bounded surfaces. Results that illustrate condensation phenomena as a function of chemical potential are discussed.
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Schmidt, A., Mercado, Y. D., & Gattringer, C. (2012). Monte Carlo simulation of abelian gauge-Higgs lattice models using dual representations. In Proceedings of Science (Vol. Part F130497). Proceedings of Science (PoS). https://doi.org/10.22323/1.164.0098
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