# Lattice QCD on small computers

@article{Alford1995LatticeQO,
title={Lattice QCD on small computers},
author={Mark G. Alford and William C. Dimm and G. Peter Lepage and George M. Hockney and P.B.Mackenzie},
journal={Physics Letters B},
year={1995},
volume={361},
pages={87-94}
}
Abstract We demonstrate that lattice QCD calculations can be made 103–106 times faster by using very coarse lattices. To obtain accurate results, we replace the standard lattice actions by perturbatively-improved actions with tadpole-improved correction terms that remove the leading errors due to the lattice. To illustrate the power of this approach, we calculate the static-quark potential, and the charmonium spectrum and wavefunctions using a desktop computer. We obtain accurate results that… Expand
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