PulseQCD - Precision Nucleon Structure from Large-scale Analyses and Simulations in Lattice QCD
The project "Precision nucleon structure from large-scale analyses and simulations in lattice QCD" (PulseQCD) will establish an Excellence Hub in large-scale simulations and analyses for the precise determination of nucleon structure quantities using lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Within PulseQCD, we will compute quantities that reveal the structure of the nucleon and the distributions of quarks and gluons, including the nucleon axial, scalar, and tensor charges, the nucleon sigma-terms, moments of parton distribution functions, nucleon form factors, and nucleon generalized form factors. These ab initio determinations connect to experiments at the so-called precision frontier of particle physics, such as at MAMI in Mainz, at JLab, and at the upcoming Electron-Ion Collider in Brookhaven, US, which probe the structure of the nucleon testing the Standard Model.
The novelty of this project is that it will allow taking the continuum and infinite volume limits exclusively using simulations with quarks with masses set to their physical values. To this end, this Excellence Hub will assemble a team of researchers, enabling them to advance lattice QCD simulation and analysis workflows, with particular focus on using exascale and existing pre-exascale supercomputers. In particular, the project brings together experts with complementary expertise, namely in large-scale simulations and data analysis employing novel computing architectures from the Cyprus Institute, researchers well versed in nucleon structure analyses from the University of Cyprus, and with expertise in accelerating simulation algorithms from CERN.
CyI Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Giannis Koutsou
Additional Info
- Acronym: PulseQCD
- Website: Under construction
- Center: CaSToRC
- Funding Source: RIF/EXCELLENCE/0524
- CyI Funding: €130,720
- Funding Period: --
- Starting Date: 01/05/2025
- End Date: 30/04/2027
- Coordinator: THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE
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Partners:
UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
Foreign Research Organizations: CERN
