Strangeness in Lattice QCD

Abstract

The status of lattice calculations in the light hadron sector is reviewed. Special emphasis is given to recent lattice determinations of the mass of the strange quark. The impact of non-perturbative renormalization and control over lattice artefacts on the attainable precision is discussed in detail. Furthermore the influence of dynamical quark effects is assessed.

Comments: 11 pages, 4 postscript figures; Invited talk presented at "Strangeness 2000", Berkeley, CA, 20-25 July 2000; included updated CP-PACS result