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Easier parameter scans with hmcdj

Alexis Verney-Provatas·Ed Bennett·Gaurav Ray
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We present hmcdj, a new tool developed to ease the process of generating large numbers of gauge ensembles for a given theory. Building on top of the Grid library, hmcdj allows quick specification of lattice gauge theories in C++ with minimal boilerplate, and precise specification of per-ensemble parameters to be controlled at run time from a YAML input file. Additionally, it supports many quality-of-life features for managing large numbers of running jobs, including automatic tuning of the molecular dynamics step size to control the Metropolis acceptance rate; output of ILDG-compliant data; and integration with HPC schedulers to dynamically adapt the target trajectory count of a job to match its time limits. hmcdj is openly available under the GPLv2 license, and welcomes new contributions.

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Alexis Verney-Provatas, Ed Bennett, Gaurav Ray. 2026-10-27. Easier parameter scans with hmcdj. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.37120

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