Lattice Gauge Theory

Physics 452, Special Topics in Particle Physics, Spring 1997

Varian 3rd floor conference room, Monday and Wednesday, 11:00a.m.-12:30p.m.

Lance Dixon

e-mail: lance@DUMMY_NAMEslac.stanford.edu; telephone: (650)-926-2627; fax: (650)-926-2525

SLAC, Central Lab R326

List of Topics for Physics 452 (tentative)

Quantum Mechanics via Euclidean Path Integrals (1 lecture)

Lattice Action for Scalars (1 lecture)

Fermions and Doubling (1 lecture)

Lattice Actions for Gauge Fields (2 lectures)

Strong Coupling Expansion (1-2 lectures)

Weak Coupling and Matching to Continuum Perturbation Theory (1-2 lectures)

Monte Carlo Techniques and Phase Transitions --- Ising Model (2-3 lectures)

Duality on the Lattice (1 lecture)

Fermion Algorithms and Quenching (1-2 lectures)

Scalar Triviality and Higgs Mass Bounds (1-2 lectures)

QCD: Hadron Mass Spectrum Results (1-2 lectures)

QCD: Weak Matrix Elements (1 lecture)

Improving the Lattice Action (1-2 lectures)

Supersymmetry on the Lattice (1 lecture)

Problem Sets

[Problem Set 1 ] - due April 16.

[Problem Set 2 ] - due April 28.

[Problem Set 3 ] - due May 5.

[Problem Set 4 ] - due May 19.

[Problem Set 5 ] - due May 28.