Dr. Pavlos Vranas

 

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

 

Title: Lattice Gauge Theory and the BlueGene/L Supercomputer; The Next Generation

 

 

Important theoretical developments in lattice fermion methods and the unbelievable computational power of the BlueGene/L supercomputer promise a new generation of lattice gauge theory calculations.  I will describe the lattice domain wall fermion method and give a brief overview of the BlueGene/L.  Then I will discuss how the combination of the two can deliver unprecedented numerical results for QCD and some SUSY theories.  At the end, I will show a "movie" of a numerical simulation of QCD (done in BG/L) as it undergoes the thermal transition between nuclear matter and the quark-gluon plasma.

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 16th, 2004

4:10p.m., 416 Phy/Geo