2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/38491Lattice field theory provides a quantitative tool to study the role of nonperturbative semiclassical configurations in QCD. This talk briefly reviews our present understanding of the role of instantons in QCD and describes in detail new developments in the study of merons on the lattice.10 pages, 4 figures; Proceedings of Confinement2000; email to negele@mitlns.mit.eduHigh Energy Physics - LatticeInstanton and Meron Physics in Lattice QCDtext