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Preview: Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics
To be featured in an upcoming issue of SciDAC Review, quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the fundamental theory of strong interactions. Scientists funded by the SciDAC Lattice QCD initiative are working towards exciting breakthroughs, such as the exploration of matter under extreme conditions and tests of the standard model of particle physics. Above is a frame from an animation showing the manner in which QCD vacuum fluctuations are expelled from the interior region of a baryon, like the proton.

Legend of Common Acronyms
SciDAC   Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing
DOE   U.S. Department of Energy
NSF   National Science Foundation
NASA   National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PI   Principal Investigator
HPC   High-Performance Computing

National Laboratories
Argonne National Laboratory ANL http://www.anl.gov/
Brookhaven National Laboratory BNL http://www.bnl.gov/world/
Los Alamos National Laboratory LANL http://www.lanl.gov/
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory LBNL http://www.lbl.gov/
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL http://www.llnl.gov/
Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL http://www.ornl.gov/
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL http://www.pnl.gov/
Sandia National Laboratories SNL http://www.sandia.gov/

 
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