Abstract
The interquark potential in charmonium states is calculated for the first
time in both the zero and non-zero temperature phases from a first-principles
lattice QCD calculation. Simulations with two dynamical quark flavours were
used with temperatures T in the range 0.4 T\_c T 1.7 T\_c,
where T\_c is the deconfining temperature. The correlators of point-split
operators were analysed to gain spatial information about the charmonium
states. A method, introduced by the HAL QCD collaboration and based on the
Schroedinger equation, was applied to obtain the interquark potential. We find
a clear temperature dependence, with the central potential becoming flatter
(more screened) as the temperature increases.
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