Abstract
We provide a hands-on introduction to Monte Carlo simulations in nonperturbative lattice quantum gravity, formulated in terms of Causal Dynamical Triangulations (CDT). We describe explicitly the implementation of Monte Carlo moves and the associated detailed-balance equations in two and three spacetime dimensions. We discuss how to optimize data storage and retrieval, which are nontrivial due to the dynamical nature of the lattices, and how to reconstruct the full geometry from selected stored data. Various aspects of the simulation, including tuning, thermalization and the measurement of observables are also treated. An associated open-source C++ implementation code is freely available online.
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