Fun with QCD

Nuclear physicists share the same appreciation with condensed matter physicists that complex phenomena can emerge when the system has a large number of particles. The challenge is how to link the complexity to the fundamental theory of strong interaction — Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). I will present one rare example showing how this could be done.
 
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2. Huey-Wen Lin, Jiunn-Wei Chen, Xiangdong Ji, Luchang Jin, Ruizi Li, Yu-Sheng Liu, Yi-Bo Yang, Jian-Hui Zhang, Yong Zhao, Proton Isovector Helicity Distribution on the Lattice at Physical Pion Mass, Phys.Rev.Lett. 121 (2018) no.24, 242003