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Consideration of static atomic displacements in electronic structure calculations

I am hoping to discuss some details of electronic structure calculations. I am not an expert on this topic, so please forgive any abuse of terminology. It is my understanding that first principles ...
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Why can't we set the lattice spacing 'a' in lattice QCD?

My question is to do with lattice QCD. In the lattice action there is a parameter, 'a', the lattice spacing in physical units. However, if we want to generate a configuration with a certain lattice ...
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Home-made lattice calculation?

The topic of Lattice QCD or Lattice gauge theory or even Lattice field theory is quite old now. And the main reason for the interest in the topic is the ability to calculate nonperturbative stuff on a ...