Stochastic truncation method for Hamiltonian lattice field theory

Abstract
A new Monte Carlo method is presented for estimating the dominant eigenvalue of a matrix Hamiltonian. It is a version of the power method, in which the basis-state amplitudes are stochastically rounded to integers. Its relation to the ensemble projector Monte Carlo method is discussed and some results are demonstrated for the example of the Z2 gauge model in 2+1 dimensions.