[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Colloquium today at 14:00

[TRIUMF Seminars]

Date/Time: Thu 2013-12-05 at 14:00

Location:  Auditorium          

Speaker:   Alex Gezerlis (Guelph University)

Title:     Microscopic simulations in nuclear physics: From QCD to EFT and from there to QMC

Abstract: I will first provide a broad outline of modern nuclear theory, especially in connection with first-principles studies of strongly interacting nucleons. Starting with some general points on the underlying theory of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), I will then go over the efforts toward connecting QCD with many-nucleon studies (via chiral Effective Field Theory [EFT]), including the methods that now constitute the state-of-the-art in nuclear theory. I will also introduce a recent local reformulation of chiral EFT, which makes it possible to use such modern potentials within the framework of Quantum Monte Carlo (an essentially exact type of microscopic simulation method).


Stimulants will be available 15 minutes before the talk.

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