The goal of the QPACE project is to build a novel cost-efficient massive parallel supercomputer optimized for LQCD (Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics) applications. Unlike previous projects which use custom ASICs, this is accomplished by using the general purpose multi-core CPU PowerXCell 8i processor tightly coupled with a custom network processor implemented on a modern FPGA. The heterogeneous architecture of the PowerXCell 8i processor and its core-independent OS-bypassing access to the custom network hardware and application-oriented 3D torus topology pose interesting challenges for the implementation of the applications. This work will describe and evaluate the implementation possibilities of message passing APIs: the more general MPI, and the more QCD-oriented QMP, and their performance in PPE centric or SPE centric scenarios. These results will then be employed to optimize HPL for the QPACE architecture. Finally, the developed approaches and concepts will be briefly discussed regarding their applicability to heterogeneous node/network architectures as is the case in the "High-speed Network Interface with Collective Operation Support for Cell BE (NICOLL)" project.

Le Modèle Standard Supersymétrique Minimal (MSSM), le plus étudié des modèles de Nouvelle Physique, contient un candidat à la matière noire : le neutralino. Un des mécanismes qui permet de réduire la densité relique de neutralino jusqu'à l'intervalle expérimental de WMAP et de Planck est la coannihilation entre le neutralino et le stop. Dans cette thèse nous étudions deux aspects différents liés à la prédiction de la densité relique dans la région de coannihilation neutralino-stop, ainsi qu'au calcul des sections efficaces d'annihilation et de coannihilation correspondantes. Nous présentons tout d'abord la matière noire en tant que WIMP ainsi que le Modèle Standard de la Physique des Particules, puis nous abordons le MSSM ainsi la phénoménologie de la densité relique de neutralino. Nous étudions ensuite la phénoménologie de la violation de saveur non minimale dans le secteur des squarks dans le contexte de la densité relique de neutralino. Nous considérons des termes violant la saveur dans le secteur des squarks up et down de chiralité droite et de troisième génération et montrons qu'ils peuvent avoir un impact important sur les sections efficaces d'annihilation et de coannihilation du neutralino, et en conséquence sur la densité relique. Finalement, nous nous intéressons à la possibilité d'améliorer la précision avec laquelle la densité relique est prédite, en calculant les sections efficaces d'annihilation et de coannihilation à l'ordre supérieur dans la théorie des perturbation. En se basant sur des travaux antérieurs qui ont montré que l'impact des corrections SUSY-QCD à une boucle pour l'annihilation de neutralino était supérieur à l'incertitude expérimentale, nous avons calculé de telles corrections dans le cas de la coannihilaiton neutralino-stop en bosons de jauge électrofaibles et bosons de Higgs. / The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), the most famous model of Physics beyond the Standard Model, provides a good dark matter candidate: the neutralino. One of the mechanisms which can reduce the predicted relic density of neutralino to the experimental range of WMAP and Planck is the coannihilation between the neutralino and the stop. In this thesis, we study two different aspects related to the prediction of the relic density in the neutralino-stop coannihilation region and the calculation of the corresponding annihilation and coannihilation cross sections. We first make short reviews of WIMP dark matter and the Standard Model of particle Physics, introduce the MSSM and discuss the phenomenology of neutralino relic density. We then study the phenomenology of Non Minimal Flavor Violation in the squark sector in the context of neutralino relic density. We consider flavor violating terms in the sectors of right handed third generation up and down squarks and show that they can have an important impact on the thermally averaged (co)annihilation cross section of the neutralino, and therefore on its relic density. Finally, we focus on the issue of improving the precision with which the relic density is calculated, by computing (co)annihilation cross sections at Next-to-Leading Order. Following earlier work in the calculation of one-loop SUSY-QCD corrections to the annihilation of neutralinos, which have shown that the impact of such corrections was larger than the experimental uncertainty, we have calculated similar corrections for the neutralino-stop coannihilation into electroweak gauge and Higgs bosons.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Neste trabalho, foram calculados os fatores de forma e as constantes de acoplamento dos vértices mesônicos J/ψ DsDs, J/ψ Ds*Ds e J/ψ Ds*Ds*usando a técnica das regras de soma da QCD (RSQCD) até a ordem 5 da OPE. Estes três vértices estão envolvidos em algumas das numerosas hipóteses que tentam explicar a estrutura interna de alguns mésons charmosos exóticos que começaram a ser observados a partir de 2003. Tais mésons não se encaixam no espectro do charmonium e/ou apresentam números quânticos exóticos dentro do modelo CQM (constituent quark model). Um exemplo é o méson Y(4140), cujo decaimento observado é no par J/ψφ enquanto o esperado seria que tivesse decaimento predominante em mésons com open charm, devido à sua massa. Uma das propostas para se entender este méson consiste em estudá-lo como um estado molecular Ds*ar{D}s*, de modo que seu decaimento seria Y(4140) → Ds* ar{D}s* → J/ψφ. Neste processo, aparecerão os vértices de interação estudados neste trabalho, de maneira que o conhecimento mais preciso de seus fatores de forma e de suas constantes de acoplamento pode beneficiar a compreensão sobre a constituição fundamental do Y(4140) assim como a de outros novos estados como o X(4350), Y(4274) e Y(4660) por exemplo. Foram considerados neste trabalho, todos os casos off-shell possíveis para cada um dos três vértices, obtendo assim dois fatores de forma distintos para o vértice J/ψ DsDs, três para o vértice J/ψ Ds*Ds e dois para o vértice J/ψ Ds* Ds*. Nestes três vértices, os fatores de forma para o caso J/ψ off-shell foram bem ajustados por curvas monopolares enquanto os casos Ds e Ds* foram ajustados por curvas exponenciais, o que está de acordo com o comportamento encontrado em trabalhos anteriores do grupo. Os cálculos das constantes de acoplamento tiveram como resultados: g_{J/ψ Ds Ds} = 5.98^{+0.67}_{ -0.58}, g_{J/ψ D*s Ds} = 4.30_{+0.41}^{-0.35}GeV^{-1} e g_{J/ψ Ds* Ds*} = 7.47^{+1.04}_{-0.71}, resultados estes que estão compatíveis com os trabalhos anteriores que utilizaram as RSQCD para o cálculo das constantes de acoplamento dos vértices J/ψ D(*)D(*). / In this work, the form factors and coupling constants of the meson vertices J/ψ DsDs, J/ψ Ds*Ds and J/ψ Ds*Ds* have been calculated with the QCD sum rule (QCDSR) technique up to dimension 5 of the operator product expansion (OPE). These three vertices are involved in some of the numerous hypotheses that attempt to explain the internal structure of some exotic charmed mesons which began to be observed since 2003. Such mesons do not fit in the charmonium spectrum and/or have exotic quantum numbers within the CQM (constituent quark model). An example is the Y(4140) meson, which decays in the pair J/ψφ while the expected would be a dominant decay in open charm mesons. One of the proposals to understand this meson is to study it as a molecular state Ds*{D}s*, so it would decay as Y(4140)→ Ds* {D}s* → J/ψφ.In this process, the vertices studied in this work will appear, so the more accurate knowledge of their form factors and their coupling constants can benefit our understanding of the fundamental constitution of the Y(4140) as well as other new states as the X(4350), Y(4274) and Y (4660) eg. In this study all possible off-shell cases for each of these three vertices were considered, thus obtaining two different form factors for the vertex J/ψ DsDs, three for the vertex J/ψ Ds*Ds and two for the vertex J/ψ Ds* Ds*. In these three vertices, the form factors for the J/ψ off-shell case were well fitted by monopolar curves, while the Ds and Ds* off-shell cases were well fitted by exponential curves which is in agreement with the behavior found in previous work of the group. The calculations of the coupling constants leaded to the following results: g_{J/ψ Ds Ds} = 5.98^{+0.67}_{-0.58}, g_{J/ψ Ds* Ds} = 4.30^{+0.41}_{-0.35}GeV^{-1} and g_{J/ψ Ds* Ds*} = 7.47^{+1.04}_{-0.71}, these results are compatible with previous QCDSR works for the non strange vertices J/ψD(*)D(*).

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Neste trabalho, foram calculados os fatores de forma e as constantes de acoplamento dos vértices mesônicos J/ψ DsDs, J/ψ Ds*Ds e J/ψ Ds*Ds*usando a técnica das regras de soma da QCD (RSQCD) até a ordem 5 da OPE. Estes três vértices estão envolvidos em algumas das numerosas hipóteses que tentam explicar a estrutura interna de alguns mésons charmosos exóticos que começaram a ser observados a partir de 2003. Tais mésons não se encaixam no espectro do charmonium e/ou apresentam números quânticos exóticos dentro do modelo CQM (constituent quark model). Um exemplo é o méson Y(4140), cujo decaimento observado é no par J/ψφ enquanto o esperado seria que tivesse decaimento predominante em mésons com open charm, devido à sua massa. Uma das propostas para se entender este méson consiste em estudá-lo como um estado molecular Ds*ar{D}s*, de modo que seu decaimento seria Y(4140) → Ds* ar{D}s* → J/ψφ. Neste processo, aparecerão os vértices de interação estudados neste trabalho, de maneira que o conhecimento mais preciso de seus fatores de forma e de suas constantes de acoplamento pode beneficiar a compreensão sobre a constituição fundamental do Y(4140) assim como a de outros novos estados como o X(4350), Y(4274) e Y(4660) por exemplo. Foram considerados neste trabalho, todos os casos off-shell possíveis para cada um dos três vértices, obtendo assim dois fatores de forma distintos para o vértice J/ψ DsDs, três para o vértice J/ψ Ds*Ds e dois para o vértice J/ψ Ds* Ds*. Nestes três vértices, os fatores de forma para o caso J/ψ off-shell foram bem ajustados por curvas monopolares enquanto os casos Ds e Ds* foram ajustados por curvas exponenciais, o que está de acordo com o comportamento encontrado em trabalhos anteriores do grupo. Os cálculos das constantes de acoplamento tiveram como resultados: g_{J/ψ Ds Ds} = 5.98^{+0.67}_{ -0.58}, g_{J/ψ D*s Ds} = 4.30_{+0.41}^{-0.35}GeV^{-1} e g_{J/ψ Ds* Ds*} = 7.47^{+1.04}_{-0.71}, resultados estes que estão compatíveis com os trabalhos anteriores que utilizaram as RSQCD para o cálculo das constantes de acoplamento dos vértices J/ψ D(*)D(*). / In this work, the form factors and coupling constants of the meson vertices J/ψ DsDs, J/ψ Ds*Ds and J/ψ Ds*Ds* have been calculated with the QCD sum rule (QCDSR) technique up to dimension 5 of the operator product expansion (OPE). These three vertices are involved in some of the numerous hypotheses that attempt to explain the internal structure of some exotic charmed mesons which began to be observed since 2003. Such mesons do not fit in the charmonium spectrum and/or have exotic quantum numbers within the CQM (constituent quark model). An example is the Y(4140) meson, which decays in the pair J/ψφ while the expected would be a dominant decay in open charm mesons. One of the proposals to understand this meson is to study it as a molecular state Ds*{D}s*, so it would decay as Y(4140)→ Ds* {D}s* → J/ψφ.In this process, the vertices studied in this work will appear, so the more accurate knowledge of their form factors and their coupling constants can benefit our understanding of the fundamental constitution of the Y(4140) as well as other new states as the X(4350), Y(4274) and Y (4660) eg. In this study all possible off-shell cases for each of these three vertices were considered, thus obtaining two different form factors for the vertex J/ψ DsDs, three for the vertex J/ψ Ds*Ds and two for the vertex J/ψ Ds* Ds*. In these three vertices, the form factors for the J/ψ off-shell case were well fitted by monopolar curves, while the Ds and Ds* off-shell cases were well fitted by exponential curves which is in agreement with the behavior found in previous work of the group. The calculations of the coupling constants leaded to the following results: g_{J/ψ Ds Ds} = 5.98^{+0.67}_{-0.58}, g_{J/ψ Ds* Ds} = 4.30^{+0.41}_{-0.35}GeV^{-1} and g_{J/ψ Ds* Ds*} = 7.47^{+1.04}_{-0.71}, these results are compatible with previous QCDSR works for the non strange vertices J/ψD(*)D(*).

La formation des hadrons est, dans le cadre de la théorie quantique de couleur (QCD), un processus non-perturbatif ; cette caractéristique entraîne d’importantes difficultés théoriques. C’est pourquoi, les mesures expérimentales de fragmentation dans différents noyaux sont une nécessité afin d’obtenir des progrès tangibles dans la compréhension des mécanismes de formation des hadrons. La thèse commence par les bases théoriques nécessaires à une telle approche, suivies des principaux modèles qui lui sont associés.La thèse se poursuit par l’analyse de données de Jefferson Lab obtenues à l’aide d’un faisceau d’électrons de 5 GeV incident sur différentes cibles (2H, C, Al, Fe, Sn et Pb). Les produits de la réaction sont mesurés avec le spectromètre CLAS. Les principaux résultats de cette expérience sont : (a) l’analyse multi-dimensionnelle des observables mesurées, qui permet une meilleure confrontation avec les modèles théoriques et l’extraction d’informations temporelles sur la fragmentation, et (b) l’observation d’une atténuation hadronique non-linéaire en fonction du rayon du noyau cible. Dans une partie plus théorique, le générateur d’événements PyQM, développé dans le but de reproduire les données de la collaboration HERMES, est présenté. Les résultats sont mitigés, en effet la base théorique utilisée ne semble pas s’appliquer au cas étudié, néanmoins certaines caractéristiques des données sont reproduites permettant de comprendre leurs origines parfois inattendues. Enfin, les possibilités d’expériences futures, à Jefferson Lab et dans un collisionneur ion-électron (EIC), sont explorées. / The hadron formation is, in the framework of the quantum chromodynamics theory (QCD), a non-perturbative process; this characteristic leads to important theoretical challenges. This is why experimental measurements of fragmentation in nuclei are a necessity in order to obtain substantial progress in our understanding of the mechanisms of hadron formation. The thesis begins with the introduction of theoretical background, followed by an overview of theoretical models. The thesis continues with the analysis of Jefferson Lab data obtained with a 5 GeV electron beam incident on various targets (2H, C, Al, Fe, Sn and Pb). The reaction products are measured with the CLAS spectrometer of Hall B. The main results are: (a) a multi-dimensional analysis of the measured observables, which permits a better confrontation with theoretical models and the extraction of temporal information on fragmentation, and (b) the observation of a non linear hadronic attenuation as a function of the target’s nuclear radius. The PyQM event generator, developed to reproduce the data from the HERMES collaboration, is also presented. The results are ambivalent, the theoretical basis used does not seem to apply to the studied case, however, some characteristics of the data are reproduced allowing to understand their origin, which is sometimes unexpected. Finally, the possibilities for future experiments, at Jefferson Lab and at an Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), are explored.

La recherche indirecte des effets de la physique au-delà du Modèle Standard à travers les processus de la saveur est complémentaire aux efforts au LHC pour observer directement la nouvelle physique. Dans cette thèse nous discutons plusieurs scénarios au-delà du Modèle Standard (a) en utilisant une approche basée sur les théories de champs effective et (b) en considérant des extensions explicites du Modèle Standard, à savoir les modèles à deux doublets de Higgs et les scénarios postulant l'existence des bosons leptoquarks scalaires à basse énergie. En particulier, nous discutons le phénomène de la brisure de l'universalité des couplages leptoniques dans les désintégrations basées sur les transitions b → sℓℓ et b → cτν, et la possibilité de chercher les signatures de la violation de la saveur leptonique à travers les modes de désintégration similaires. Une proposition pour tester la présence d'un boson pseudoscalaire léger à travers les désintégrations des quarkonia est aussi présentée. / Indirect searches of physics beyond the Standard Model through flavor physics processes at low energies are complementary to the ongoing efforts at the LHC to observe the New Physic phenomena directly. In this thesis we discuss several scenarios of physics beyond the Standard Model by (a) reusing the effective field theory approach and (b) by considering explicit extensions of the Standard Model, namely the two-Higgs doublet models and the scenarios involving the low energy scalar leptoquark states. Particular emphasis is devoted to the issue of the lepton flavor universality violation in the exclusive decays based on b → sℓℓ and b → cτν, and to the possibility of searching for signs of lepton flavor violation through similar decay modes. A proposal for testing the presence of the light CP-odd Higgs through quarkonia decays is also made.

Le plasma de quarks et de gluons (QGP) est un état de la matière observe lors de la collision d'ions lourds dans les accélérateurs tels que le LHC. Il est présent à haute température et/ou à haute densité, les quarks sont alors déconfinés : libres de se mouvoir et interagissant très peu entre eux. A basse température et basse densité, les quarks sont, au contraire, confines dans les hadrons formant la matière hadronique ordinaire. La présence d'une transition entre cette phase hadronique et le QGP a des conséquences importantes que ce soit 'a haute température (expériences RHIC et LHC) ou a haute densité (expérience CBM à FAIR, étude des étoiles compactes). Une première transition de phase est liée à la brisure de la symétrie chirale. Dans la matière hadronique, cette symétrie est brisée spontanément. Elle est restaurée en augmentant la température ou la densité. Au delà de la discussion habituelle sur la transition chirale, nous utiliserons un modèle, le modèle Polyakov Nambu Jona-Lasinio permettant de décrire une deuxième transition : la transition de deconfinement. Ceci permettra de séparer le diagramme Temperature-Densité en trois phases distinctes : la phase hadronique ou les quarks sont confines et o'u la symétrie chirale est brisée, la phase du QGP ou les quarks sont d'confines et o'u la symétrie chirale est restaurée et une phase hypothétique dite quarkyonique à basse température et haute densité ou les quarks sont encore confines mais ou la symétrie chirale est restaurée. On décrira, dans un premier temps les différentes transitions à l'aide des paramètres d'ordre suivant : le condensat de quark pour la transition chirale et la boucle de Polyakov pour le déconfinement. On verra ensuite comment l'évolution des fonctions spectrales des mésons sigma et pi peut nous renseigner sur le diagramme de phase. Le critère de transition chirale sera alors la différence entre les masses de ces mésons, la masse étant prise comme étant le maximum de la fonction spectrale. Le critère de transition de deconfinement sera, quant à lui, l'écart-type de la fonction spectrale. Enfin, nous verrons comment intégrer les mésons vecteurs au modèle, en particulier le méson rho, qui pourra jouer le rôle de sonde du plasma, ses propriétés étant modifiées suivant le milieu dans lequel il est émis / The quark and gluon plasma (QGP) is a state of matter observed in the collision of heavy ions in accelerators such as the LHC. It is formed at high temperature and / or high density, quarks are then deconfined : free to move and interacting very little with each other. At low temperature and low density, the quarks are, however, confined within hadrons forming the ordinary hadronic matter. The presence of the phase transition between hadronic matter and the QGP has observable consequences whatsoever at high temperature (RHIC and LHC experiments) or high density (FAIR experience, study of compact stars). A first phase transition is linked to the chiral symmetry breaking. In hadronic matter, this symmetry is spontaneously broken. It is restored by increasing the temperature or the density. Beyond the usual discussion on the chiral transition, we use a model called Polyakov Nambu Jona-Lasinio for describing a second transition, the deconfinement transition. This allows to separate the temperature-density diagram in three distinct phases : the hadronic phase where quarks are confined and where chiral symmetry is broken, the phase of the QGP where quarks are deconfined and chiral symmetry is restored and a hypothetical phase called quarkyonic at low temperature and high density in which quarks are confined but where chiral symmetry is still restored. We will describe, at first, the various transitions using the following order parameters : the quark condensate for the chiral transition and the Polyakov loop for the deconfinement one. Then we will see how the evolution of the spectral functions of sigma and pi mesons can provide information on the phase diagram. The chiral transition criterion will be the difference between the masses of these mesons, the mass being taken as the maximum of the spectral function. And the criterion for the deconfinement transition will be the standard deviation (also called variance) of the spectral function. Finally, we discuss how the vector mesons fit in the model, especially the meson, which can act as a probe of plasma properties which are modified by the environment from which it is issued

The Monte-Carlo simulation package APACIC++/AMEGIC++ is able to describe current and future electron-positron annihilation experiments, namely the LEP collider at CERN and the TESLA collider at DESY. APACIC++ is responsible for the complete generation of one event and AMEGIC++ deals with the exact calculation of matrix elements. The development of both programs was the major task of my thesis. / Das Monte Carlo Simulationspaket APACIC++/AMEGIC++ ist in der Lage Elektron-Positron Annihilationsexperimente wie sie bei Lep am Cern stattfanden und zukuenftig an einem Linearbeschleuniger, z.B. Tesla am Desy durchgefuehrt werden zu beschreiben. Dabei ist APACIC++ verantwortlich fuer die gesamte Generierung eines Ereignisses und AMEGIC++ ein dedizierter Matrixelement-Generator. Die Entwicklung beider Programme war das Hauptthema meiner Dissertation.

In dieser Dissertation werden algorithmische Verbesserungen und Varianten für Simulationen der zwei-Flavor Gitter QCD mit dynamischen Fermionen studiert. Der O(a)-verbesserte Dirac-Wilson-Operator wird im Schrödinger Funktional mit einem Update des Hybrid Monte Carlo (HMC)-Typs verwendet. Sowohl der Hermitische als auch der nicht-Hermitische Operator werden betrachtet. Für den Hermitischen Dirac-Wilson-Operator untersuchen wir die Vorteile des symmetrischen gegenüber dem asymmetrischen Gerade-Ungerade-Präkonditionierens, wie man von einem mehr Zeitskalen-Integrator profitieren kann, sowie die Auswirkungen der kleinsten Eigenwerte auf die Stabilität des HMC Algorithmus. Im Fall des nicht-Hermitischen Operators leiten wir eine (semi)-analytische Schranke für das Spektrum her und zeigen eine Methode, um Informationen über den spektralen Rand zu gewinnen, indem wir komplexe Eigenwerte mit dem Lanczos-Algorithmus abschätzen. Diese spektralen Ränder erlauben es, Vorzüge des symmetrischen Gerade-Ungerade-Präkonditionierens oder den Effekt des Sheikholeslami-Wohlert-Terms für das Spektrum des nicht-Hermitischen Operators zu zeigen. Unter Verwendung der Informationen des spektralen Randes konstruieren wir angepasste, komplexe, skalierte und verschobene Tschebyschow Polynome zur Approximation des inversen Dirac-Wilson-Operators. Basierend auf diesen Polynomen entwickeln wir eine neue HMC-Variante, genannt nicht-Hermitischer polynomialer Hybrid Monte Carlo (NPHMC). Sie erlaubt, vom Importance Sampling unter Kompensation mit einem Gewichtungsfaktor abzuweichen. Zudem wird eine Erweiterung durch Anwendung des Hasenbusch-Tricks abgeleitet. Erste Größen der Leistungsfähigkeit, die die Abhängingkeit von den Eingabeparametern als auch einen Vergleich mit unserem Standard-HMC zeigen, werden präsentiert. Im Vergleich der beiden ein-Pseudofermion-Varianten ist der neue NPHMC etwas besser; eine eindeutige Aussage im Fall der zwei-Pseudofermion-Variante ist noch nicht möglich. / In this thesis algorithmic improvements and variants for two-flavor lattice QCD simulations with dynamical fermions are studied using the O(a)-improved Dirac-Wilson operator in the Schrödinger functional setup and employing a hybrid Monte Carlo-type (HMC) update. Both, the Hermitian and the Non-Hermitian operator are considered. For the Hermitian Dirac-Wilson operator we investigate the advantages of symmetric over asymmetric even-odd preconditioning, how to gain from multiple time scale integration as well as how the smallest eigenvalues affect the stability of the HMC algorithm. In case of the non-Hermitian operator we first derive (semi-)analytical bounds on the spectrum before demonstrating a method to obtain information on the spectral boundary by estimating complex eigenvalues with the Lanzcos algorithm. These spectral boundaries allow to visualize the advantage of symmetric even-odd preconditioning or the effect of the Sheikholeslami-Wohlert term on the spectrum of the non-Hermitian Dirac-Wilson operator. Taking advantage of the information of the spectral boundary we design best-suited, complex, scaled and translated Chebyshev polynomials to approximate the inverse Dirac-Wilson operator. Based on these polynomials we derive a new HMC variant, named non-Hermitian polynomial Hybrid Monte Carlo (NPHMC), which allows to deviate from importance sampling by compensation with a reweighting factor. Furthermore an extension employing the Hasenbusch-trick is derived. First performance figures showing the dependence on the input parameters as well as a comparison to our standard HMC are given. Comparing both algorithms with one pseudo-fermion, we find the new NPHMC to be slightly superior, whereas a clear statement for the two pseudo-fermion variants is yet not possible.

In dieser Arbeit berechnen wir mit Hilfe der Gitter-QCD Observablen, die in Beziehung zur Struktur des Nukleons stehen. Ein Teil dieser Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit Momenten von Parton-Verteilungsfunktionen. Solche Momente sind wichtig für das Verständnis der Nukleon-Struktur und werden durch globale Analysen von tief-inelastischen Streuexperimenten bestimmt. Eine theoretische, nicht-perturbative Rechnung der Momente in der Gitter-QCD ist möglich. Allerdings existiert, seit solche Gitter-QCD Rechnungen vorliegen, eine Diskrepanz zwischen diesen Rechnungen und den Ergebnissen globaler Analysen experimenteller Daten. Wir untersuchen, ob systematische Effekte für diese Diskrepanz verantwortlich sind, dabei studieren wir insbesondere die Effekte angeregter Zustände. Zudem führen wir eine erste Rechnung mit vier dynamischen Quark-Flavors durch. Ein weiterer Aspekt dieser Arbeit ist eine Machbarkeitsstudie zur Berechnung des skalaren Quark-Inhalts des Nukleons in der Gitter-QCD. Dieser bestimmt den Wirkungsquerschnitt der durch ein skalares Teilchen (z.B. ein Higgs-Teilchen) vermittelten Wechselwirkung eines schweren Teilchens mit einem Nukleon und kann somit einen Einfluss bei der Suche nach Dunkler Materie haben. Bisherige Gitter-Rechnungen dieser Größe besitzen große Unsicherheiten und sind daher von geringer Signifikanz für phenomenologische Anwendungen. Wir benutzen eine Varianz-Reduktions-Methode zur Auswertung von unverbundenen Diagrammen um ein präzises Ergebnis zu erhalten. Des Weiteren stellen wir eine neue stochastische Methode zur Berechnung von Nukleon-Dreipunkt-Korrelationsfunktionen vor, die für die Berechnung von Observablen der Nukleon-Struktur benötigt werden. Wir testen die Konkurrenzfähigkeit dieser neuen Methode gegenüber der Standard-Methode. In allen Rechnungen benutzen wir Wilson twisted-Mass Fermionen mit maximalem Twist, so dass die hier berechneten Observablen nur O(a^2) Diskretisierungsfehler aufweisen. / In this thesis we compute within lattice QCD observables related to the structure of the nucleon. One part of this thesis is concerned with moments of parton distribution functions (PDFs). Those moments are essential elements for the understanding of nucleon structure and can be extracted from a global analysis of deep inelastic scattering experiments. On the theoretical side they can be computed non-perturbatively by means of lattice QCD. However, since the time lattice calculations of moments of PDFs are available, there is a tension between these lattice calculations and the results from a global analysis of experimental data. We examine whether systematic effects are responsible for this tension, and study particularly intensively the effects of excited states by a dedicated high precision computation. Moreover, we carry out a first computation with four dynamical flavors. Another aspect of this thesis is a feasibility study of a lattice QCD computation of the scalar quark content of the nucleon, which is an important element in the cross-section of a heavy particle with the nucleon mediated by a scalar particle (e.g. Higgs particle) and can therefore have an impact on Dark Matter searches. Existing lattice QCD calculations of this quantity usually have a large error and thus a low significance for phenomenological applications. We use a variance-reduction technique for quark-disconnected diagrams to obtain a precise result. Furthermore, we introduce a new stochastic method for the calculation of connected 3-point correlation functions, which are needed to compute nucleon structure observables, as an alternative to the usual sequential propagator method. In an explorative study we check whether this new method is competitive to the standard one. We use Wilson twisted mass fermions at maximal twist in all our calculations, such that all observables considered here have only O(a^2) discretization effects.