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These lectures provide an elementary introduction to the study of hadronic physics using QCD on a lattice. Path integrals are reviewed to show how field theory on a lattice is reduced to quadrature. The Wilson lattice action for gluon fields is motivated and explained, and evidence is presented showing that lattice calculations in the pure gauge sector approach the continuum theory. Difficulties arising when Fermion fields are placed on a lattice are discussed, and the principal methods of circumventing these problems are described. A brief guide to the current literature is given for pertinent aspects of the Monte Carlo method and relevant results of calculations of the properties and phases of hadronic matter and the structure of hadrons.
This work is supported in part by funds provided by the U. S. Department of Energy (D.O.E.) under contract #DE-AC02-76ER03069.
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Negele, J.W. (1990). QCD and Hadrons on a Lattice. In: Vautherin, D., Lenz, F., Negele, J.W. (eds) Hadrons and Hadronic Matter. NATO ASI Series, vol 228. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1336-6_12
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