Future Perspectives in Lattice Field Theory

use LATTICE FIELD THEORY

This review concentrates on progress in lattice QCD during the last two years and, particularly, its impact on phenomenology. The two main technical developments have been successful implementations of lattice actions with exact chiral symmetry, and results from simulations with two light dynamical flavours which provide quantitative estimates of quenching effects for some quantities. Results a...

Membrane Engineering: Future Perspectives

Progress in Lattice Field Theory Algorithms

I present a summary of recent algorithmic developments for lattice field theories. In particular I give a pedagogical introduction to the new Multicanonical algorithm, and discuss the relation between the Hybrid Overrelaxation and Hybrid Monte Carlo algorithms. I also attempt to clarify the rôle of the dynamical critical exponent z and its connection with “computational cost.” ∗This research wa...

Lattice field theory methods in modern biophysics

An effective field theory exists describing a very large class of biophysically interesting Coulomb gas systems: the lowest order (mean-field) version of this theory takes the form of a generalized Poisson-Boltzmann theory. Interaction terms depend on details (finite-size effects, multipole properties, etc). Convergence of the loop expansion holds only if mutual interactions of mobile charges a...

In Lattice Qcd and Effective Field Theory

Title of dissertation: TOPICS IN LATTICE QCD AND EFFECTIVE FIELD THEORY Michael I. Buchoff, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Dissertation directed by: Associate Professor Paulo Bedaque Department of Physics Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the fundamental theory that governs hadronic physics. However, due to its non-perturbative nature at low-energy/long distances, QCD calculations are difficult. The ...