Lattice Gauge Theory: A Challenge in Large-Scale Computing

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
QCD at Finite Temperature and Baryon Number Density....Pages 1-14
Deconfining Phase Transition and the Continuum Limit of Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics....Pages 15-15
Critical Behaviour in Baryonic Matter....Pages 17-35
Monte Carlo Renormalization Group: A Review....Pages 37-65
Langevin Simulations of QCD, Including Fermions....Pages 67-74
The Look-Ahead Fermion Algorithm....Pages 75-88
Dynamical Fermions Using Lanczos....Pages 89-94
QCD with Wilson Fermions on Intermediate Size Lattices....Pages 95-107
The Potential Between Static Quarks in SU(2) Lattice Gauge Theory with Dynamical Fermions....Pages 109-115
The SU(2) Chiral Model in an External Field: A Complex Stochastic Process on a Non-Abelian Group....Pages 117-124
The t-Expansion and Lattice QCD....Pages 125-132
Lattice Higgs Models....Pages 133-169
Relaxation and Correlations in Time in a Finite Volume....Pages 171-176
Topology in Lattice Gauge Theory....Pages 177-178
Large N QCD: The Eguchi Kawai Approach....Pages 179-188
Hadron Mass Calculation on a 24 3 x 48 Lattice....Pages 189-197
Calculation of Weak Matrix Elements: Some Technical Aspects....Pages 199-207
The Chiral Limit in Lattice QCD....Pages 209-215
QCD Sum Rules and Spontaneous Breakdown of Chiral Symmetry....Pages 217-225
Potentials....Pages 227-237
Quenched Hadron Masses Using a 16 4 Lattice....Pages 239-244
A Cornucopia of Lattices....Pages 245-250
The H Particle on the Lattice....Pages 251-256
A New Method for Inverting Fermionic Matrix....Pages 257-265
(Uses of) An Order Parameter for Lattice Gauge Theories with Matter Fields....Pages 267-278
The GF11 Supercomputer....Pages 279-279
Parallel Computing in Lattice Theory....Pages 281-293
The APE Computer and Lattice Gauge Theories....Pages 295-304
CRAY and QCD....Pages 305-311
Memory and Learning in a Class of Neural Network Models....Pages 313-330
Back Matter....Pages 331-334