Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics Practical Essentials

This book provides an overview of the techniques central to lattice quantum chromodynamics, including modern developments. The book has four chapters. The first chapter explains the formulation of quarks and gluons on a Euclidean lattice. The second

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Francesco Knechtli Michael Günther Michael Peardon

Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics Practical Essentials

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SpringerBriefs in Physics Editorial Board Egor Babaev, University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, USA Malcolm Bremer, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Xavier Calmet, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK Francesca Di Lodovico, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK Pablo Esquinazi, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Maarten Hoogerland, Universiy of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Eric Le Ru, Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn, New Zealand Hans-Joachim Lewerenz, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA James Overduin, Towson University, Towson, USA Vesselin Petkov, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Charles H.-T. Wang, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Andrew Whitaker, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK

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Francesco Knechtli Michael Günther Michael Peardon •

Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics Practical Essentials

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Francesco Knechtli Department of Physics, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences University of Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany

Michael Peardon School of Mathematics Trinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland

Michael Günther Department of Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences University of Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany

ISSN 2191-5423 SpringerBriefs in Physics ISBN 978-94-024-0997-0 DOI 10.1007/978-94-024-0999-4

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Preface

More than 40 years after its invention, lattice field theory has develope