MIMD Lattice Computation (MILC) Collaboration

Current members:

• Jon Bailey, Washington University
• Claude Bernard, Washington University
• Carleton DeTar, University of Utah
• Steven Gottlieb, Indiana University
• Urs M. Heller, American Physical Society
• James Hetrick, University of the Pacific
• Ludmila Levkova, Indiana University
• James Osborn, Boston University
• Dru B. Renner, University of Arizona
• Robert Sugar, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Doug Toussaint, University of Arizona

Former members: C. Aubin, T. Blum, T. Burch, A. De, T. DeGrand, E. Gregory, N. Ishizuka, A. Krasnitz, L. Karkkainen, J. Labrenz, F. Maresca C. McNeile, K. Orginos, K. Rummukainen, and M. Wingate

The MILC Research Program:

We use large scale numerical simulations to study quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of the strong interactions of subatomic physics. This research addresses fundamental questions in high energy and nuclear physics, and is directly related to major experimental programs in these fields.

• Research Objectives
• Recent Results
• MILC Gauge Configurations
• The MILC USQCD Project
• MILC Publications

The MILC Code and Gauge Configurations:

The MILC Code is freely available, as are the gauge configurations we have generated with it. The code and a reference manual can be found at MILC Code. A table of the gauge configurations, and their availability at the NERSC Gauge Connection can be found in MILC Gauge Configurations.

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MILC in the News:

Our recent work has received considerable attention outside the field of lattice QCD. Links to some of the articles about it are given below.

• I. Shipsey, Nature 426 591 (2004)
• A. Cho, Science, 300 1076 (2003)
• Fermilab Today, February 12, 2004
• C. DeTar and S. Gottlieb, Physics Today, p 45, February 2004
• C. Davies, CERN Courier, June, 2004
• Fermilab Today, August 10, 2005
• D. Cassel, CERN Courier, July, 2005

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