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Gauge field theories play a central role in modern physics and are at the heart of the Standard Model of elementary particles and interactions. Despite significant progress in applying classical computational techniques to simulate gauge…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-15 Zohreh Davoudi , Mohammad Hafezi , Christopher Monroe , Guido Pagano , Alireza Seif , Andrew Shaw

Quantum simulators have the exciting prospect of giving access to real-time dynamics of lattice gauge theories, in particular in regimes that are difficult to compute on classical computers. Future progress towards scalable quantum…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-08-21 T. V. Zache , F. Hebenstreit , F. Jendrzejewski , M. K. Oberthaler , J. Berges , P. Hauke

In this article, we review some of the recent developments towards the future goal of quantum computing or quantum simulating lattice QCD. This includes a novel theoretical framework developed for non-Abelian gauge theories that is the…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2021-07-21 Indrakshi Raychowdhury

Lattice gauge theories are fundamental to various fields, including particle physics, condensed matter, and quantum information theory. Recent progress in the control of quantum systems allows for studying Abelian lattice gauge theories in…

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

A quantum simulator of U(1) lattice gauge theories can be implemented with superconducting circuits. This allows the investigation of confined and deconfined phases in quantum link models, and of valence bond solid and spin liquid phases in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-28 D. Marcos , P. Widmer , E. Rico , M. Hafezi , P. Rabl , U. -J. Wiese , P. Zoller

The stated overarching goal of the highly active field of quantum simulation of high-energy physics (HEP) is to achieve the capability to study \textit{ab-initio} real-time microscopic dynamics of $3+1$D quantum chromodynamics (QCD).…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-01-09 Simone Orlando , Guo-Xian Su , Bing Yang , Jad C. Halimeh

We investigate the real-time dynamics of U(1) and SU(N) gauge theories coupled to fermions on a lattice. While real-time lattice gauge theory is not amenable to standard importance sampling techniques, for a large class of time-dependent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-08-12 Valentin Kasper , Florian Hebenstreit , Jürgen Berges

The real-time evolution of strongly interacting matter remains a frontier of fundamental physics, as classical simulations are hampered by exponential Hilbert space growth and rapid, unmanageable growth of quantum entanglement. This study…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2026-03-12 Fran Ilčić , Ritajit Majumdar , Emil Mathew , Md. Osama Ali , Nathan Earnest-Noble , Indrakshi Raychowdhury

Lattice gauge theories are fundamental to such distinct fields as particle physics, condensed matter or quantum information theory. The recent progress in the control of artificial quantum systems already allows for studying Abelian lattice…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Valentin Kasper , Torsten V. Zache , Fred Jendrzejewski , Maciej Lewenstein , Erez Zohar

Efficient quantum simulation protocols for any quantum theories demand efficient protection protocols for its underlying symmetries. This task is nontrivial for gauge theories as it is involves local symmetry/invariance. For non-Abelian…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2022-10-05 Emil Mathew , Indrakshi Raychowdhury

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

Understanding flux string dynamics can provide insight into quark confinement and hadronization. First-principles quantum and numerical simulations have mostly focused on toy-model Abelian lattice gauge theories (LGTs). With the advent of…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2025-10-08 Giovanni Cataldi , Simone Orlando , Jad C. Halimeh

We propose a digital quantum simulator of non-Abelian pure-gauge models with a superconducting circuit setup. Within the framework of quantum link models, we build a minimal instance of a pure $SU(2)$ gauge theory, using triangular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-14 A. Mezzacapo , E. Rico , C. Sabín , I. L. Egusquiza , L. Lamata , E. Solano

Quantum link models provide an alternative non-perturbative formulation of Abelian and non-Abelian lattice gauge theories. They are ideally suited for quantum simulation, for example, using ultracold atoms in an optical lattice. This holds…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-23 Uwe-Jens Wiese

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

Gauge theories are the cornerstone of our understanding of fundamental interactions among particles. Their properties are often probed in dynamical experiments, such as those performed at ion colliders and high-intensity laser facilities.…

Lattice gauge theory has provided a crucial non-perturbative method in studying canonical models in high-energy physics such as quantum chromodynamics. Among other models of lattice gauge theory, the lattice gauge-Higgs model is a quite…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-08 Yoshihito Kuno , Kenichi Kasamatsu , Yoshiro Takahashi , Ikuo Ichinose , Tetsuo Matsui

We develop a quantum simulator architecture that is suitable for the simulation of $U(1)$ Abelian gauge theories such as quantum electrodynamics. Our approach relies on the ability to control the hopping of a particle through a barrier by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-16 A. S. Dehkharghani , E. Rico , N. T. Zinner , A. Negretti

The prospect of quantum simulating lattice gauge theories opens exciting possibilities for understanding fundamental forms of matter. Here, we show that trapped ions represent a promising platform in this context when simultaneously…