Large-scale simulations of the CSF for new physics discoveries

Operation co-funded by EU cohesion policy (European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)) under the programme Competitiveness and sustainable development - CY - ERDF/CF (2014CY16M1OP001), managing authority: Γενική Διεύθυνση Ευρωπαϊκών Προγραμμάτων, Συντονισμού και Ανάπτυξης. Beneficiary: Ινστιτούτο Κύπρου. Location: Cyprus. Budget: total eligible expenditure EUR 249,840; EU co-financing EUR 212,364 (co-financing rate 85%), as stated by the source. Runs 2019-01-25 to 2021-12-01. Source: Kohesio, EU cohesion policy projects managed by national and regional authorities (not CORDIS); selected because its summary names quantum technology. Summary from Kohesio (English machine translation by the source): The project “New Physics Insights from Exascale Simulations of QCD” (NextQCD) aims to: develop appropriate techniques and methods for simulating quantum chromodynamics (CFI) lattice in Exascale supercomputers and for analysing the data to be generated by these simulations; and (ii) to use these improved techniques to calculate quantities pertaining to the structure of nucleons in precision that can be used in searches of new physics. In particular, new methods will be developed to reduce statistical errors in such calculations, as well as to effectively increase statistical data using multigrid methods and their effective application in Exascale architectures. Advanced data analysis techniques will be adapted to properly handle the hundreds of Tbytes data generated. The codes and libraries will be open to the scientific community, thus maximising the impact of NextQCD. Using the methods to be developed, we will simulate lattices to calculate the sigma-terms of nucleons and the relative pawn-nucleon scatter width. These quantities encode the composition of the mass of nucleon in quark components and govern its coupling with particles proposed in Dark Matter theories. With these precision results we will be able to resolve a prevailing discrepancy between phenomenological predictions and simulations. The Centre for Computational Science of the Institute of Cyprus, the Department of Physics of the University of Cyprus, the Department of Applied Mathematics of the University of Wuppertal and the Juelich Supercomputer Centre compose the consortium, with expertise in large-scale simulations of the CSF grid, the calculations of nucleon structure, innovative numerical techniques for CFI calculations, and access to state-of-the-art IT technologies

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AI-assisted summary: The project "New Physics Insights from Exascale Simulations of QCD" (NextQCD) aims to develop techniques for simulating quantum chromodynamics on Exascale supercomputers and analyze data for new physics discoveries. It is co-funded by the EU with a budget of EUR 249,840. Suggested technology pillar: simulation. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.