Lattice QCD at the physical point: Simulation and analysis details: Budapest-Marseille-Wuppertal collaboration

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Durr S ^a,b   Fodor, Z ^a,b,c   Hoelbling, C ^a   Katz, S D ^a,c   Krieg, S ^a,b   Kurth, T ^a   Lellouch, L ^d   Lippert, T ^a,b   Szabo K K ^a   Vulvert, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Lattice Gauge Field Theories; Lattice QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053101509     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2011)148     Document Type: Review

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