Lattice simulation studies of hadronic and gluonic excitations

0099450晨星强子和胶子激发的物理学，如混合强子，胶球和N* 共振，将使用时空晶格上夸克和胶子的计算机模拟进行研究。 目前对这种系统知之甚少，但它们的存在是由量子色动力学（QCD）提出的，该场论被认为描述了强相互作用。这些激发也应该为夸克禁闭的难以捉摸的机制和QCD真空的性质提供重要的线索。 这些研究的动机是杰斐逊实验室的实验计划，特别是B厅的N* 计划和建议的D厅光生胶子激发。

0099450MorningstarThe physics of hadronic and gluonic excitations, such as hybrid hadrons, glueballs, and the N* resonances, will be studied using computer simulations of quarks and gluons on a space-time lattice. Little is currently known about such systems, but their existence is suggested by quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the field theory believed to describe the strong interactions. These excitations should also yield vital clues to the elusive mechanism of quark confinement and the nature of the QCD vacuum. The motivation for these studies is the experimental program at Jefferson Laboratory, in particular the N* program in Hall B and the proposed Hall D photoproduction of gluonic excitations.