QCD presents a fundamental problem that is unique
in the history of
science. Never before have we been confronted by a theory whose
elementary excitations are not those degrees-of-freedom readily
accessible via experiment; i.e., whose elementary excitations are
confined. Moreover, there are reasons to believe that QCD
generates forces which are so strong that less than 2% of a nucleon’s
mass can be attributed to the current-quark masses; viz., a phenomenon
known as dynamical chiral symmetry breaking.
There
has been progress in mathematics,
which began roughly fifteen years ago with a realisation that the
process of renormalisation is naturally ex- pressed via Hopf algebra
structures.
The purpose of the workshop MAHP2012
is to bring together experts in: the Hopf
algebra structure of Dyson-Schwinger equations (DSEs) and
renormalisation; perturbative QCD; and the application of DSEs to
phenomena in hadro-nuclear and -particle physics.
Our immediate goal is to open
a dialogue between mathematicians and
physicists, so that each can come to appreciate the challenges
and needs of the other.
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Organizers
Craig Roberts (Argonne National
Laboratory)
Kurusch Ebrahimi-Fard (ICMAT)
Frederic Patras (CNRS, Univ. of
Nice)
Sponsors
CNRS-GDR
renormalization
ICMAT-CSIC
University of Nice
 
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News and Updates
• ECT* registration closed (21/09/)
• Final list of participants available (22/09)
• Preliminary program available (22/09/)
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