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What is Q C D ?

What is Q C D ?. Q uantum C hromo D ynamics is the theory of the strong force the strong force describes the binding of quarks by gluons to make particles such as neutrons and protons

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What is Q C D ?

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  1. What is QCD? • Quantum ChromoDynamics is the theory of the strong force • the strong force describes the binding of quarks by gluons to make particles such as neutrons and protons • The strong force is one of the four fundamental forces in the Standard Model of Physics– the others are: • Gravity • Electromagnetism • The Weak force • The 2004 Physics Nobel prize was awarded to David J. Gross, H. David Politzer, and Frank Wilczekfor their work leading to QCD

  2. What is Lattice QCD? • LatticeQCD is the numerical simulation of QCD • The QCD action, which expresses the strong interaction between quarks mediated by gluons:where the Dirac operator (“dslash”) is given by • LatticeQCD uses discretized space and time • A very simple discretized form of the Dirac operator iswhere a is the lattice spacing

  3. A quark, (x), depends upon (x + a) and the local gluon fields U • (x)is complex 3x1 vector, and the Uare complex 3x3 matrices. Interactions are computed via matrix algebra • On a supercomputer, the space-time lattice is distributed across all of the nodes

  4. Why do Lattice QCD? • Many QCD problems can only be simulated numerically, using Lattice QCD • To test the Standard Model, physicists take experimental data and compare to the theoretical predictions of QCD • Differences may indicate new physics, for example, explaining why the universe is dominated by matter and has so little anti-matter

  5. Testing the Standard Model •  and  are two parameters of the Standard Model • Theory and experiments constrain the possible values of  and  • The regions of different colors correspond to different constraints • The allowed values of  and  from the Standard Model would lie in the intersection of all of the colored regions • This figure shows the current constraints

  6. Testing the Standard Model • New B-factory experiments, such as BaBar at SLAC and Belle at KEK, will reduce the experimental errors, shrinking the areas of each region

  7. Testing the Standard Model • Even tighter constraints will result from better theoretical calculations from LatticeQCD • If the regions don’t overlap, there must be new physics!

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