Lattice Gauge Theory Component of a Parallel Computing Facility

圣地亚哥超级计算机中心将使用一台32节点并行处理计算机来研究理论基本粒子物理中的各种问题，这些问题的解决方案需要高度的计算能力。这些问题将通过用离散的点阵取代空间和时间的连续体来解决。这种方法将用于计算与基本粒子的质量以及这些粒子在强核力和弱核力下的行为有关的量。希望在无法以任何其他方式解决的重大问题上取得进展。在高度并行处理器上有效地进行物理计算的技术将得到发展。

A 32 node parallel processing computer will be used at the San Diego Supercomputer Center to investigate a variety of problems in theoretical elementary particle physics whose solution requires a high degree of computational power. The problems will be tackled by replacing the continuum of space and time by a discrete lattice of points. This approach will be used to calculate quantities relating to the masses of the elementary particles and to the behavior of these particles with respect to both the strong and the weak nuclear forces. It is hoped that progress will be made on major questions that cannot be addressed in any other way. Techniques for effectively carrying out physics computations on highly- parallel processors will be developed.