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The pion Form Factor from Lattice QCD
van der Heide, J.
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2004
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van der Heide, J. (2004). The pion Form Factor from Lattice QCD.
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The Pion Form Factor
from Lattice Q C D
I
T h e Pion Form Factor
from Lattice Q C D
A Non-Perturbative Study at Zero and Finite Temperature
A C A D E M I S C H P R O E F S C H R I F T
T E R VERKRIJGING VAN DE GRAAD VAN DOCTOR AAN DE UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM OP GEZAG VAN DE R E C T O R MAGNIFICUS
PROF.MR. P . F . VAN DER H E I J D E N
TEN OVERSTAAN VAN EEN DOOR HET COLLEGE VOOR PROMOTIES INGESTELDE COMMISSIE, IN HET OPENBAAR T E VERDEDIGEN
IN DE AULA DER UNIVERSITEIT
OP DONDERDAG 2 DECEMBER 2 0 0 4 , T E 1 4 : 0 0 UUR
door
Johannes van der Heide
Promotiecommissie:
Promotor: Prof. dr. J.H. Koch
Copromotor: Prof. dr. E. Laermann
Overige leden: Prof. dr. K.J.F. Gaemers
Prof. dr. E.L.M.P Laenen
Prof. dr. ir. F.A. Bais
Prof. dr. J. Smit
Prof. dr. P.J. Mulders
Prof. dr. R. Kamermans
Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Informatica
T h e work described in this thesis is part of the research programme of the 'Nationaal In-stituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge-Energie Fysica (NIKHEF)' in Amsterdam, the Nether-lands and was sponsored by the 'Stichting Nationale Computerfaciliteiten (NCF)', with financial support from the 'Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)'. The author was financially supported by the 'Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)', which is funded by NWO.
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This thesis is based on the following publications:
J. van der Heide, M. Lutterot, J.H. Koch, and E. Laermann, The pion form
factor in improved lattice QCD, Phys. Lett. B566, 131 (2003)
J. van der Heide, J.H. Koch, and E. Laermann, Meson form factors, NIC Series Vol. 20, 129 (2003)
J. van der Heide, J.H. Koch, and E. Laermann, Pion structure from improved
lattice QCD: form factor and charge radius at low masses, Phys. Rev. D69,
094511 (2004)
J. van der Heide, The pion form factor from first principles, AIP Conference Proceedings 717, 165 (2004), hep-lat/0309183
J. van der Heide, J.H. Koch, and E. Laermann, The pion form factor on the
lattice at zero and finite temperature, To be published in Proceedings of
Light-Cone 2004, hep-lat/0410006
J. van der Heide, J.H. Koch, and E. Laermann, The pion form factor at finite
