Condensed Matter Systems

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Numerical Exploration in Physics
Relevant to UW

• Condensed Matter Systems
• Experimental Simulations and Analysis (e.g.
  LHC, CENPA)
• Nuclear Structure and Interactions
• Quantum Chromodynamics
• The Strong Force -- Nuclei
• Astrophysical Observation
• Astrophysical Simulation

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Martin Savage Department of Physics U. of
Washington
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Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)and Asymptotic
Freedom
Quarks and Gluons
Proton
quark
quark
gluon
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Lattice Gauge Theory Numerical Evaluation
Wilson
Feynman
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The Quantum Vacuum is Alive
Fluctuating Gluon Fields
(Derek Leinweber, U. of Adelaide)
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Quarks are Confined
Nucleon
(Derek Leinweber, U. of Adelaide)
Nucleus
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Nuclear Matter Melts at High Temperature
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SuperNova and Nuclear Physics

• Nuclear Matter at High Density
• Bose-Einstein condensates ?
• Strange Baryons ?
• The remnant
• Black Hole ?
• Neutron Star ?

Thanks to Adam Burrows (Princeton)
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Lattice QCD Requires Massively Parallel
Computers
Projected Statistics
Proton-Proton Scattering From Lattice QCD
Cost of the easy part of the
calculation !!
Blue-Gene/L, LLNL
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Exascale Computing 2017 ?
Gflops
Tflops
Pflops RoadRunner 296 racks, 2.35 MW
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Who are the Consumers of HPC ?
Snapshotlast weeks usage of Franklin at
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High Performance Computing Plays a Central Role
in Physics Research
The EScience Institute will be a Key Resource at
the UW