Speaker
Constantia Alexandrou.
Description
Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the fundamental theory of the strong interactions that describe, among other phenomena, the binding of nucleons to form nuclei, nuclear fission, supernovae and stellar evolution.
Most of the visible matter in the universe is generated via the strong interactions.
Understanding the complex phenomena that are due to the strong force is particularly demanding not only for experiments but also for theoretical approaches.
The formulation of QCD on a 4-dimensional euclidean lattice, known as lattice QCD, provides a unique approach for studying the strong interactions.
Lattice QCD is particularly demanding on the computational power needed for performing these calculations.
We will review the status lattice QCD calculations and give future perspectives.
