Nuclear physics from lattice simulations
arXiv:1212.1572
Abstract
We review recent lattice QCD activities with emphasis on the impact on nuclear physics. In particular, the progress toward the determination of nuclear and baryonic forces (potentials) using Nambu-Bethe-Salpeter (NBS) wave functions is presented. We discuss major challenges for multi-baryon systems on the lattice: (i) signal to noise issue and (ii) computational cost issue. We argue that the former issue can be avoided by extracting energy-independent (non-local) potentials from time-dependent NBS wave functions without relying on the ground state saturation, and the latter cost is drastically reduced by developing a novel "unified contraction algorithm." The lattice QCD results for nuclear forces, hyperon forces and three-nucleon forces are presented, and physical insights are discussed. Comparison to results from the traditional Luescher's method is given, and open issues to be resolved are addressed as well.
arXiv commentPlenary talk given at the 30th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2012), Cairns, Australia, 24-29 Jun 2012, 16 pages, 8 figures
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