Roman G. Koniuk Ph.D. (Toronto) Professor of Physics This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Research Field: High Energy Physics Research specialization: Strong interactions; lattice field theory simulations. Publications

Essentially all my research has aimed at an understanding of strongly coupled quantum field theories, quantum chromodynamics (QCD) in particular. QCD is the theory of the nuclear and sub-nuclear strong force, the force that binds protons and neutrons to form nuclei and at a deeper level, the force that binds quarks to form neutrons and protons. Although the theory can be stated very compactly and elegantly, its solution has eluded physicists for close to 30 years. This is perhaps not surprising as QCD can be thought of as a theory of 104 complex-valued quantum variables at each point in space. One of the most promising approaches for studying QCD is Monte-Carlo simulation of the field theory on a space-time lattice. My students and I are using this technique to study nuclear forces, colour-flux-tube breaking and other problems.