Speaker
Dr
Nicolas Garron
(University of Liverpool)
Description
High performance computing is now essential in research, even for the most fundamental sciences. In particle physics, the forces that bind the quark together are so strong that non-perturbative methods are required. The only way to define the theory properly is through numerical simulations, called lattice QCD (Quantum Chromo Dynamics is the theory of the strong nuclear interaction). Lattice QCD requires both large scale numerical simulations and state-of-the-art algorithms. Most of the computer resources for Lattice QCD in the UK are obtained though the DiRAC facility. I will give an overview of the various projects which use the Dirac resources and are relevant to theoretical particle physics.
Primary author
Dr
Nicolas Garron
(University of Liverpool)
