Langevin dynamics of lattice Yang-Mills-Higgs and applications

Hao Shen, Rongchan Zhu, Xiangchan Zhu

Published 2024-01-24Version 1

We investigate the Langevin dynamics of various lattice formulations of the Yang-Mills-Higgs model, where the Higgs component takes values in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $\mathbb{S}^{N-1}$ or a Lie group. We prove the exponential ergodicity of the dynamics on the whole lattice via functional inequalities. As an application, we establish that correlations for a broad range of observables decay exponentially. Specifically, the infinite volume measure exhibits a strictly positive mass gap under strong coupling conditions. Moreover, appropriately rescaled observables exhibit factorized correlations in the large $N$ limit when the state space is compact. Our approach involves disintegration and a nuanced analysis of correlations to effectively control the unbounded Higgs component.