Studying the thermodynamics of the quark-gluon plasma at finite temperature and density using lattice techniques.

夸克-胶子等离子体是由夸克和胶子组成的一种新的物质状态，目前是深入研究的主题。结果的一个显著特征是夸克-胶子等离子体是人类已知的最完美的流体。理论上，计算其“类流体”性质（称为输运性质）仍然是该领域的核心挑战之一，这是由于存在一些技术困难。该项目旨在使用澳大利亚超级计算机首次计算这些属性。

The quark-gluon plasma, a new state of matter consisting of quarks and gluons, is currently the subject of intensive investigation. A striking feature of the results is that the quark-gluon plasma is the most perfect fluid known to mankind. Calculating its 'fluid-like' properties, called the transport properties, theoretically, remains one of the central challenges of the field due to several technical difficulties. This project aims to perform a first ever computation of these properties using Australian supercomputers.