QCD Archive Format

The file format consists of an ASCII header, followed by binary data.
Documentation is available as a PostScript document or in HTML.


Sample header:

BEGIN_HEADER
DATATYPE = 4D_SU3_GAUGE
DIMENSION_1 = 16
DIMENSION_2 = 16
DIMENSION_3 = 16
DIMENSION_4 = 32
CHECKSUM = 60294c40
LINK_TRACE = 0.8554719826
PLAQUETTE = 0.5769300810
CREATOR = Columbia-Fermi256/OSU
CREATOR_MACHINE = Fermi256/Cray-T3E
CREATION_DATE = 12 Oct 1995
ARCHIVE_DATE = Fri Sep 25 20:29:03 1998
ENSEMBLE_LABEL = 16^3x32 beta=5.7 Nf=2 Staggered m=0.01
FLOATING_POINT = IEEE32BIG
ENSEMBLE_ID = CU_0004
SEQUENCE_NUMBER = 004600
END_HEADER