NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS IN PARTICLE PHYSICS

Numerical simulations have become an important tool to understand and predict nonperturbative phenomena in particle physics. In this article we attempt to present a general overview over the field. First, the b asic concepts of lattice gauge theories are described, including a dis cussion of currently used algorithms and the reconstruction of continu um physics from lattice data. We then proceed to present some results for QCD, both at low energies and at high temperatures, as well as for the electro-weak sector of the standard model.