Exploring autocorrelations in two-flavor Wilson Lattice QCD using DD-HMC algorithm Original Research Article

We perform an extensive study of the autocorrelation of several observables in lattice QCD with two degenerate flavors of unimproved Wilson fermions and Wilson gauge action using the DD-HMC algorithm. We show that (1) at a given lattice spacing, autocorrelation of topological susceptibility and unsmeared plaquette show indication of a decrease with decreasing quark mass, (2) autocorrelation of topological susceptibility and topological charge density correlator increase with decreasing lattice spacing but the effect is milder in the latter case and (3) increasing the size and the smear level increase the autocorrelation of smeared Wilson loop.