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Status and prospects of the computational approach to high-energy physics

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We review the status of lattice computer calculations in Quantum Chromo-dynamics (QCD) and mention a new field of computational high-energy physics—that of Strings or random surfaces. After outlining Monte Carlo Field Theory we explain in detail both QCD and Strings—describing how these theories are discretized on a lattice, what one can calculate, and how much computer time is required. We include a summary of the concurrent QCD machines which have been, and are being, built. We speculate on the prospects for such work, including a prediction for when QCD will besolved!

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    Clive F. Baillie & Desmond A. Johnston

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    Gregory W. Kilcup

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Baillie, C.F., Johnston, D.A. & Kilcup, G.W. Status and prospects of the computational approach to high-energy physics. J Supercomput 4, 277–300 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00127835

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