Abstract
Gauge link smearing is widely used in lattice QCD computations. The idea is
to remove the local (UV) fluctuations of the gauge field configurations while
keeping the longer-range (IR) properties intact. Important applications are in
the definitions of interpolating hadron operators as well as in updating the
gauge field configurations with dynamical quarks in the so-called Hybrid Monte
Carlo (HMC) algorithm. Here we study the effectiveness of various smearing
methods and try to quantify these with tools known from Monte Carlo
Renormalization Group (MCRG).
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