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QCD on the 16-cell honeycomb

Sandor D. Katz* and Daniel Nogradi†

  • *Contact author: katz@bodri.elte.hu
  • †Contact author: nogradi@bodri.elte.hu
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Phys. Rev. D 114, 054504 – Published 14 September, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/46gx-2xmv

Abstract

We formulate QCD discretized on the four-dimensional 16-cell honeycomb. The advantage is a higher degree of rotational symmetry as compared to a traditional cubic lattice leading to much smaller cutoff effects. We demonstrate in quenched QCD, through both gluonic and fermionic observables, that the scaling properties are indeed superior to the cubic lattice and much larger lattice spacings are sufficient for controlled continuum extrapolations. Chiral and topological properties also show remarkable improvement.

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Phys. Rev. D 114, 054504– Published 14 September, 2026
  • Received 15 December 2025
  • Accepted 11 August 2026
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