NICEQUARKS - Nucleon Structure at the Precision Frontier Using Lattice QCD with Physical Up, Down, Strange, and Charm Quarks
The project “Nucleon structure at the precision frontier using lattice QCD with physical up, down, strange, and charm quarks” (NiceQuarks) will use state-of-the-art simulations of lattice QCD with quarks tuned to their physical values (physical point ensembles) to obtain precision nucleon structure results at the continuum limit, thus allowing to connect to ongoing and planned experiments. In particular, experiments at MAMI in Mainz, Jefferson Lab, and Fermi Lab in the US, as well as the planned Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) are targeting to map out the quark and gluon distributions within the nucleon and seek small but significant discrepancies to theory in search for indications of new physics.
In comparing to theory, large uncertainties originate from the strong interaction component of the Standard Model which requires large scale lattice QCD simulations for its quantitative study, such as those proposed here. In NiceQuarks, an excellence hub will be established between the Cyprus Institute, the University of Cyprus, and the BIFOLD and DESY-Zeuthen research centers in Berlin to address the challenge of obtaining precision nucleon structure results via lattice QCD. New methods to reduce statistical uncertainties in nucleon matrix elements will be developed, as well as for increasing statistics efficiently using multigrid solvers.
Advanced data analysis techniques will be incorporated to handle appropriately the hundreds of Tera-bytes of data that exascale simulations will produce. Community developed codes and numerical libraries will be developed openly within NiceQuarks, maximizing its impact.
CyI Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Giannis Koutsou
Additional Info
- Acronym: NICEQUARKS
- Website: Under construction
- Center: CaSToRC
- Funding Source: RIF/EXCELLENCE/0421
- CyI Funding: €122.640
- Funding Period: 2 years 3 months
- Starting Date: 01/04/2022
- End Date: 30/06/2024
- Coordinator: THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE
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Partners:
UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
DEUTSCHES ELEKTRONEN SYNCHROTRON (DESY-ZEUTHEN), BERLIN INSTITUTE FOR FOUNDATION OF LEARNING DATA (BIFOLD)
