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。结果的一个显著特点是，夸克-胶子等离子体是人类已知的最完美的流体。从理论上讲，由于几个技术困难，计算其类似流体的性质，即传输性质，仍然是该领域的核心挑战之一。这个项目的目标是使用澳大利亚的超级计算机首次对这些性质进行计算。

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.