Demystifying lattice QCD computations of alpha_s
Higgs Centre colloquium
Demystifying lattice QCD computations of alpha_s
- Event time: 1:00pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 13th May 2026
- Speaker: Martin Lüscher (CERN Theory Department)
- Location: Higgs Centre (Room 4305), James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
Lattice QCD permits the strong coupling constant alpha_s to be determined from the masses and decay constants of the light hadrons. The precision achieved in these computations is competitive with the one of the world average of the experimental measurements of the coupling and is likely to improve in the coming years. In this colloquium, the aim is to explain, in terms that do not assume any expert knowledge of lattice QCD, how exactly the hadronic regime of QCD is connected to high-energy collider physics and how the lattice calculations of alpha_s proceed.
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