Quantum Simulation of Two-Dimensional $\mathrm{U(1)}$ Gauge Theory in Rydberg and Rydberg-Dressed Atom Arrays
Abstract
Simulating quantum gauge theories with spatial dimension greater than one is of great physical significance yet has not been achieved experimentally. Here we propose a simple realization of gauge theory on triangular lattice Rydberg atom arrays. Within experimentally accessible range, we find that the effective model well simulates various aspects of the gauge theory, such as emergence of topological sectors, incommensurability, and the deconfined Rokhsar-Kivelson point. Our proposal is easy to implement experimentally and exhibits pronounced quantum dynamics compared with previous proposals realizing and gauge theories.
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@article{arxiv.2212.10863,
title = {Quantum Simulation of Two-Dimensional $\mathrm{U(1)}$ Gauge Theory in Rydberg and Rydberg-Dressed Atom Arrays},
author = {Zheng Zhou and Zheng Yan and Changle Liu and Yan Chen and Xue-Feng Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.10863},
year = {2025}
}
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7 pages, 4 figures and supplemental materials 9 pages, 6 figues. Published version. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2106.05518