4 Synchronous Applications I

• 4.1 QCD and the Beginning of CP
• 4.2 Synchronous Applications
• 4.3 Quantum Chromodynamics
  • 4.3.1 Introduction
  • 4.3.2 Monte Carlo
  • 4.3.3 QCD
  • 4.3.4 Lattice QCD
  • 4.3.5 Concurrent QCD Machines
  • 4.3.6 QCD on the Caltech Hypercubes
  • 4.3.7 QCD on the Connection Machine
  • 4.3.8 Status and Prospects
• 4.4 Spin Models
  • 4.4.1 Introduction
  • 4.4.2 Ising Model
  • 4.4.3 Potts Model
  • 4.4.4 XY Model
  • 4.4.5 O(3) Model
• 4.5 An Automata Model of Granular Materials
  • 4.5.1 Introduction
  • 4.5.2 Comparison to Particle Dynamics Models
  • 4.5.3 Comparison to Lattice Gas Models
  • 4.5.4 The Rules for the Lattice Grain Model
  • 4.5.5 Implementation on a Parallel Computer
  • 4.5.6 Simulations
  • 4.5.7 Conclusion