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Simulating real-time dynamics of gauge theories represents a paradigmatic use case to test the hardware capabilities of a quantum computer, since it can involve non-trivial input states preparation, discretized time evolution, long-distance…

We propose a general scheme for a digital construction of lattice gauge theories with dynamical fermions. In this method, the four-body interactions arising in models with $2+1$ dimensions and higher, are obtained stroboscopically, through…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-21 Erez Zohar , Alessandro Farace , Benni Reznik , J. Ignacio Cirac

The simulation of dense fermionic matters is a long-standing problem in lattice gauge theory. One hopeful solution would be the use of quantum computers. In this paper, digital quantum simulation is designed for lattice gauge theory at…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2021-07-14 Arata Yamamoto

Recent advances in quantum technologies have enabled quantum simulation of gauge theories -- some of the most fundamental frameworks of nature -- in regimes far from equilibrium, where classical computation is severely limited. These…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-05 Jad C. Halimeh , Niklas Mueller , Johannes Knolle , Zlatko Papić , Zohreh Davoudi

Over the recent years, the relatively young field of quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories - aiming at implementing simulators of gauge theories with quantum platforms, has gone through a rapid development process. It is now of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-12 Erez Zohar

Recent advancements in the field of quantum simulation have significantly expanded the potential for applications, particularly in the context of lattice gauge theories (LGTs). Maintaining gauge invariance throughout a simulation remains a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-06-18 Gaia De Paciani , Lukas Homeier , Jad C. Halimeh , Monika Aidelsburger , Fabian Grusdt

Tracking the dynamics of physical systems in real time is a prime application of digital quantum computers. Using a trapped-ion system with up to six qubits, we simulate the real-time dynamics of a lattice gauge theory in 1+1 dimensions,…

Gauge theories form the foundation of modern physics, with applications ranging from elementary particle physics and early-universe cosmology to condensed matter systems. We perform quantum simulations of the unitary dynamics of a U(1)…

A central requirement for the faithful implementation of large-scale lattice gauge theories (LGTs) on quantum simulators is the protection of the underlying gauge symmetry. Recent advancements in the experimental realizations of large-scale…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-10-08 Jad C. Halimeh , Lukas Homeier , Annabelle Bohrdt , Fabian Grusdt

We show how to implement a Rydberg-atom quantum simulator to study the non-equilibrium dynamics of an Abelian (1+1)-D lattice gauge theory. The implementation locally codifies the degrees of freedom of a $\mathbf{Z}_3$ gauge field, once the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-03-18 Simone Notarnicola , Mario Collura , Simone Montangero

A major driver of quantum-simulator technology is the prospect of probing high-energy phenomena in synthetic quantum matter setups at a high level of control and tunability. Here, we propose an experimentally feasible realization of a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-07-22 Jesse Osborne , Ian P. McCulloch , Bing Yang , Philipp Hauke , Jad C. Halimeh

We study the quantum simulation of Z2 lattice gauge theory in 2+1 dimensions. The dual variable formulation, the so-called Wegner duality, is utilized for reducing redundant gauge degrees of freedom. The problem of artificial charge…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2021-02-02 Arata Yamamoto

Gauge theories appear broadly in physics, ranging from the standard model of particle physics to long-wavelength descriptions of topological systems in condensed matter. However, systems with sign problems are largely inaccessible to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-24 Di Luo , Jiayu Shen , Michael Highman , Bryan K. Clark , Brian DeMarco , Aida X. El-Khadra , Bryce Gadway

Classical real-time lattice simulations play an important role in understanding non-equilibrium phenomena in gauge theories and are used in particular to model the prethermal evolution of heavy-ion collisions. Due to instabilities, small…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2017-01-26 Aleksi Kurkela , Tuomas Lappi , Jarkko Peuron

We propose an implementation of a two-dimensional $\mathbb{Z}_2$ lattice gauge theory model on a shallow quantum circuit, involving a number of single and two-qubits gates comparable to what can be achieved with present-day and near-future…

Ab-initio calculations of real-time evolution for lattice gauge theory have very interesting potential applications but present challenging computational aspects. We show that tensor renormalization group methods developed in the context of…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2024-01-15 Michael Hite , Yannick Meurice

A gauge transformation in quantum electrodynamics involves the product of field operators at the same space-time point and hence does not have a well-defined meaning. One way to avoid this difficulty is to generalize the gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Dirk Olivie

Many phenomena occurring in strongly correlated quantum systems still await conclusive explanations. The absence of isolated free quarks in nature is an example. It is attributed to quark confinement, whose origin is not yet understood. The…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2013-10-31 L. Tagliacozzo , A. Celi , P. Orland , M. W. Mitchell , M. Lewenstein

Lattice gauge theories, which originated from particle physics in the context of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), provide an important intellectual stimulus to further develop quantum information technologies. While one long-term goal is the…

Discrete translational symmetry plays a fundamental role in condensed matter physics and lattice gauge theories, enabling the analysis of systems that would otherwise be intractable. Despite this, many open problems remain. Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-07 Joris Kattemölle , Guido Burkard