Quantum Link Models with dynamical matter coupled to spin-
21 U(1) gauge fields in $d=2+1 $ and
3+1 can potentially give rise to the Coulomb phase expected in quantum electrodynamics (QED) and other confining phases. Using exact diagonalization techniques, we show that the ground state in a class of models without the magnetic field always lies in the sector which satisfies
(Ge,Go)=(d, −d), where
d is the spatial dimension and
e and
o are even and odd sites. It can be analytically proven that this sector is free of the fermion sign problem. We also demonstrate that a meron cluster algorithm for the problem naturally samples the ground states of the Hamiltonian in the aforementioned Gauss Law sector.
Quantum Link Models with dynamical matter coupled to spin-
21 U(1) gauge fields in $d=2+1 $ and
3+1 can potentially give rise to the Coulomb phase expected in quantum electrodynamics (QED) and other confining phases. Using exact diagonalization techniques, we show that the ground state in a class of models without the magnetic field always lies in the sector which satisfies
(Ge,Go)=(d, −d), where
d is the spatial dimension and
e and
o are even and odd sites. It can be analytically proven that this sector is free of the fermion sign problem. We also demonstrate that a meron cluster algorithm for the problem naturally samples the ground states of the Hamiltonian in the aforementioned Gauss Law sector.