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The quantum simulation of fermionic gauge field theories is one of the anticipated uses of quantum computers in the NISQ era. Recently work has been done to simulate properties of the fermionic Z2 gauge field theory in (1+1) D and the pure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-10 Reinis Irmejs , Mari Carmen Banuls , J. Ignacio Cirac

Scalar lattice gauge theories are models for scalar fields with local gauge symmetries. No fundamental gauge fields, or link variables in a lattice regularization, are introduced. The latter rather emerge as collective excitations composed…

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Quantum field theories are the cornerstones of modern physics, providing relativistic and quantum mechanical descriptions of physical systems at the most fundamental level. Simulating real-time dynamics within these theories remains elusive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-30 Zohreh Davoudi , Norbert M. Linke , Guido Pagano

We present a comprehensive discussion on lattice techniques for the simulation of scalar and gauge field dynamics in an expanding universe. After reviewing the continuum formulation of scalar and gauge field interactions in Minkowski and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-08 Daniel G. Figueroa , Adrien Florio , Francisco Torrenti , Wessel Valkenburg

We propose a minimal model to study the real-time dynamics of a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ lattice gauge theory coupled to fermionic matter in a cold atom quantum simulator setup. We show that dynamical correlators of the gauge fields can be measured…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-08-29 Adam Smith , Dmitry L. Kovrizhin , Roderich Moessner , Johannes Knolle

Monte Carlo methods have led to profound insights into the strong-coupling behaviour of lattice gauge theories and produced remarkable results such as first-principles computations of hadron masses. Despite tremendous progress over the last…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2025-07-15 Anuj Apte , Anthony Ashmore , Clay Cordova , Tzu-Chen Huang

Lattice gauge theories (LGTs) describe fundamental interactions in particle physics. A central phenomenon in these theories is confinement, which binds quarks and antiquarks into hadrons through the formation of string-like flux tubes of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-09 Lisa Bombieri , Torsten V. Zache , Hannes Pichler , Daniel González-Cuadra

Although gauge invariance is a postulate in fundamental theories of nature such as quantum electrodynamics, in quantum-simulation implementations of gauge theories it is compromised by experimental imperfections. In a recent work [Halimeh…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2023-01-31 Maarten Van Damme , Haifeng Lang , Philipp Hauke , Jad C. Halimeh

A major challenge in the burgeoning field of quantum simulation for high-energy physics is the realization of scalable $2+1$D lattice gauge theories on state-of-the-art quantum hardware, which is an essential step towards the overarching…

Simulations of energy loss and hadronization are essential for understanding a range of phenomena in non-equilibrium strongly-interacting matter. We establish a framework for performing such simulations on a quantum computer and apply it to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-15 Zhiyao Li , Marc Illa , Martin J. Savage

The control of internal and motional quantum degrees of freedom of laser cooled trapped ions has been subject to intense theoretical and experimental research for about three decades. In the realm of quantum information science the ability…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Michael Johanning , Andres Varon , Christof Wunderlich

Tensor Network States are ans\"atze for the efficient description of quantum many-body systems. Their success for one dimensional problems, together with the fact that they do not suffer from the sign problem and can address the simulation…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2022-09-21 Mari Carmen Bañuls , Krzysztof Cichy , J. Ignacio Cirac , Karl Jansen , Stefan Kühn

Lattice Gauge Theory enables an ab initio study of the low-energy properties of Quantum Chromodynamics, the theory of the strong interaction. I begin these lectures by presenting the lattice formulation of QCD, and then outline the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 D. G. Richards

Simulating $\mathrm{U(1)}$ 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 $\mathrm{U(1)}$ gauge theory on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-15 Zheng Zhou , Zheng Yan , Changle Liu , Yan Chen , Xue-Feng Zhang

We review the current methods and results of lattice simulations of quantum chromodynamics at nonzero temperatures and densities. The review is intended to introduce the subject to interested nonspecialists and beginners. It includes a…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-07-24 C. E. DeTar , U. M. Heller

The postulate of gauge invariance in nature does not lend itself directly to implementations of lattice gauge theories in modern setups of quantum synthetic matter. Unavoidable gauge-breaking errors in such devices require gauge invariance…

Quantum machine learning with parametrised quantum circuits has attracted significant attention over the past years as an early application for the era of noisy quantum processors. However, the possibility of achieving concrete advantages…

We present a quantum simulation scheme for the Abelian-Higgs lattice gauge theory using ultracold bosonic atoms in optical lattices. The model contains both gauge and Higgs scalar fields, and exhibits interesting phases related to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-12 Daniel González-Cuadra , Erez Zohar , J. Ignacio Cirac

The quantum chromodynamics (QCD) phase diagram, which reveals the state of strongly interacting matter at different temperatures and densities, is key to answering open questions in physics, ranging from the behavior of particles in neutron…

We study a lattice gauge theory in Wilson's Hamiltonian formalism. In view of the realization of a quantum simulator for QED in one dimension, we introduce an Abelian model with a discrete gauge symmetry $\mathbb{Z}_n$, approximating the…