PIRSA:18110088

The Quest for Solving Quantum Chromodynamics: Status and Challenges

Jansen, K. (2018). The Quest for Solving Quantum Chromodynamics: Status and Challenges. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/18110088

Jansen, Karl. The Quest for Solving Quantum Chromodynamics: Status and Challenges. Perimeter Institute, Nov. 21, 2018, https://pirsa.org/18110088 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:18110088,
            doi = {10.48660/18110088},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/18110088},
            author = {Jansen, Karl},
            keywords = {Other},
            language = {en},
            title = {The Quest for Solving Quantum Chromodynamics: Status and Challenges},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2018},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:18110088 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Karl Jansen

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

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The strong interaction of quarks and gluons is described theoretically within the framework of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). The most promising way to evaluate QCD for all energy ranges is to formulate the theory on a 4-dimensional Euclidean space-time grid, which allows for numerical simulations on state of the art supercomputers. We will review the status of lattice QCD calculations providing examples such as the hadron spectrum and the inner structure of nucleons. We will then point to problems that cannot be solved by conventional Monte Carlo simulation techniques, i.e. non-zero baryon density, the matter-antimatter asymmetry and real time simulations. It will be demonstrated at the example of the 1+1 dimensional Schwinger model that tensor network techniques are able to overcome these problems showing that with this approach --and eventual quantum simulations-- a path for solving QCD is opening up.