Computational Aspects of Lattice QCD
Abstract
Monte Carlo simulations applied to the lattice formulation of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) enable a study of the theory from first principles, in a nonperturbative way. After over two decades of developments in the methodology for this study and with present-day computers in the teraflops range, lattice-QCD simulations are now able to provide quantitative predictions with errors of a few percent. This means that these simulations will soon become the main source of theoretical results for comparison with experiments in physics of the strong interactions. It is therefore an important moment for the beginning of Brazilian participation in the field.
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