Monte Carlo method in lattice gauge theories

Journal Article · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Sov. Phys. - Usp. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/PU1984v027n06ABEH004172· OSTI ID:6091586

Makeenko, Y M

Applications of the Monte Carlo method in lattice gauge theories, including applications in quantum chromodynamics, are reviewed. The lattice formulation of gauge theories, the corresponding concepts, and the corresponding methods are introduced. The Monte Carlo method as it is applied to lattice gauge theories is described. Some specific calculations by the Monte Carlo method and their results are examined. The phase structure of lattice gauge theories with Abelian groups Z/sub N/ and U(1) (a lattice formulation of a compact electrodynamics) is discussed. The non-Abelian groups SU(2), SU(3) (a lattice formulation of quantum chromodynamics), and others are also discussed. The procedure for calculating quantities referring to the continuum limit by the Monte Carlo method is discussed for quantum chromodynamics. A detailed analysis is made of results calculated for the continuum theory: string tensions and interaction potentials, which show that quarks are confined; glueball mass spectra; and the temperature of the transition from the phase of hadronic matter to the phase of a quark-gluon plasma. Masses calculated for hadrons consisting of quarks are briefly discussed.

• Research Organization: Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow
• OSTI ID: 6091586
• Journal Information: Sov. Phys. - Usp. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Phys. - Usp. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 27:6; ISSN SOPUA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
DOCUMENT TYPES
FIELD THEORIES
GAUGE INVARIANCE
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LATTICE FIELD THEORY
LIE GROUPS
MASS SPECTRA
MATTER
MONTE CARLO METHOD
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUARK MATTER
REVIEWS
SPECTRA
SU GROUPS
SU-2 GROUPS
SU-3 GROUPS
SYMMETRY GROUPS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
U GROUPS
U-1 GROUPS