February 2026

Journal

NuLattice: Ab initio computations of atomic nuclei on lattices

By:
Rothman, Maxwell; Johnson-Toth, Ben; Hagen, Gaute ; Heinz, Matthias C; Papenbrock, Thomas F
Journal Name:
The European Physical Journal A
Page Number:
28
Volume:
62
Publication Date:
February 13, 2026
View DOI Listing:
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01764-6

Abstract

We introduce NuLattice, a Python software package for ab initio computations of atomic nuclei on lattices. The computational tools consist of Hartree Fock, the coupled cluster method, the in-medium similarity renormalization group, and full configuration interaction. At present, the employed interactions are from pion-less effective field theory at leading order and consist of two-body and three-body contacts. We present results for light nuclei 2H, 3,4He, 8Be, 12C, and 16O. NuLattice algorithms exploit the sparsity and locality of lattice interactions, and as a result computations can be run on laptops.