arXiv Machine Learning August 11, 2026 By Ryan Abbott, Denis Boyda, Yang Fu, Daniel C. Hackett, Gurtej Kanwar, Fernando Romero-L\'opez, Phiala E. Shanahan, Julian M. Urban

Variance reduction in lattice QCD observables via normalizing flows

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arXiv:2603. 02984v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Normalizing flows can be used to construct unbiased, reduced-variance estimators for lattice field theory observables that are defined by a derivative with respect to action parameters.

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