https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2019-12902-4
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Hadrons and nuclei
1
Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, MA, USA
2
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 23606, Newport News, VA, USA
3
Department of Physics, The College of William & Mary, 23187, Williamsburg, VA, USA
4
Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, 88003-8001, Las Cruces, NM, USA
5
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, MI, USA
6
Department of Physics, University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, AZ, USA
7
RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 11973, Upton, NY, USA
* e-mail: wdetmold@mit.edu
Received:
21
August
2019
Accepted:
30
September
2019
Published online:
14
November
2019
In 2018, the USQCD Collaboration’s Executive Committee organized several subcommittees to recognize future opportunities and formulate possible goals for lattice field theory calculations in several physics areas. The conclusions of these studies, along with community input, are presented in seven white papers. Here, we discuss opportunities for lattice QCD calculations related to the structure and spectroscopy of hadrons and nuclei. An overview of recent lattice calculations of the structure of the proton and other hadrons is presented along with prospects for future extensions. Progress and prospects of hadronic spectroscopy and the study of resonances in the light, strange and heavy quark sectors are summarized. Finally recent advances in the study of light nuclei from lattice QCD are addressed and the scope of future investigations that are currently envisioned is outlined.
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