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Abelian and non-Abelian gauge theories are of central importance in many areas of physics. In condensed matter physics, Abelian U(1) lattice gauge theories arise in the description of certain quantum spin liquids. In quantum information…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 U. -J. Wiese

Using ultracold alkaline-earth atoms in optical lattices, we construct a quantum simulator for U(N) and SU(N) lattice gauge theories with fermionic matter based on quantum link models. These systems share qualitative features with QCD,…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2013-03-26 D. Banerjee , M. Bögli , M. Dalmonte , E. Rico , P. Stebler , 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

Classical simulation of real-space quantum dynamics is challenging due to the exponential scaling of computational cost with system dimensions. Quantum computer offers the potential to simulate quantum dynamics with polynomial complexity;…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-13 Chee-Kong Lee , Chang-Yu Hsieh , Shengyu Zhang , Liang Shi

We realize, for the first time, a non-Abelian gauge theory with both gauge and matter fields on a quantum computer. This enables the observation of hadrons and the calculation of their associated masses. The SU(2) gauge group considered…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-03 Yasar Atas , Jinglei Zhang , Randy Lewis , Amin Jahanpour , Jan F. Haase , Christine A. Muschik

We propose a scalable analog quantum simulator for quantum electrodynamics (QED) in two spatial dimensions. The setup for the U(1) lattice gauge field theory employs inter-species spin-changing collisions in an ultra-cold atomic mixture…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-09-29 Robert Ott , Torsten V. Zache , Fred Jendrzejewski , Jürgen Berges

In the Hamiltonian formulation, Quantum Field Theory calculations scale exponentially with spatial volume, making real-time simulations intractable on classical computers and motivating quantum computation approaches. In Hamiltonian…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2025-11-03 Zong-Gang Mou , Bipasha Chakraborty

We present a general strategy to simulate a D+1-dimensional quantum system using a D-dimensional one. We analyze in detail a feasible implementation of our scheme using optical lattice technology. The simplest non-trivial realization of a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-03 O. Boada , A. Celi , M. Lewenstein , J. I. Latorre

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…

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…

Quantum simulations of lattice gauge theories offer the potential to directly study the non-perturbative dynamics of quantum chromodynamics, but naive analyses suggest that they require large computational resources. Large $N_c$ expansions…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2026-02-19 Anthony N. Ciavarella , I. M. Burbano , Christian W. Bauer

We explore the potential of D-Wave's quantum annealers for computing some of the basic components required for quantum simulations of Standard Model physics. By implementing a basic multigrid (including "zooming") and specializing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-16 Marc Illa , Martin J. Savage

Recent developments in mapping lattice gauge theories relevant to the Standard Model onto digital quantum computers identify scalable paths with well-defined quantum compilation challenges toward the continuum. As an entry point to these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-13 Jacky Jiang , Natalie Klco , Olivia Di Matteo

Numerical simulation of quantum systems is crucial to further our understanding of natural phenomena. Many systems of key interest and importance, in areas such as superconducting materials and quantum chemistry, are thought to be described…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-17 Katherine L Brown , William J Munro , Vivien M Kendon

Quantum simulations of High Energy Physics, and especially of gauge theories, is an emerging and exciting direction in quantum simulations. However, simulations of such theories, compared to simulations of condensed matter physics, must…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-08-29 Erez Zohar , J. Ignacio Cirac , Benni Reznik

While quantum simulation is one of the most promising applications of modern quantum devices, accessible simulation times are fundamentally limited by finite coherence times due to omnipresent noise. Based on the ideas of relational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Sebastian Gemsheim , Felix Fritzsch

Lattice gauge theories in varying dimensions, lattice volumes, and truncations offer a rich family of targets for Hamiltonian simulation on quantum devices. In return, formulating quantum simulations can provide new ways of thinking about…

We present quantum algorithms for the simulation of quantum systems in one spatial dimension, which result in quantum speedups that range from superpolynomial to polynomial. We first describe a method to simulate the evolution of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-09 Rolando D. Somma

Simulating non-equilibrium phenomena in strongly-interacting quantum many-body systems, including thermalization, is a promising application of near-term and future quantum computation. By performing experiments on a digital quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-19 Niklas Mueller , Tianyi Wang , Or Katz , Zohreh Davoudi , Marko Cetina

Symmetry is fundamental to physical laws across different scales$\unicode{x2014}$from spacetime structure in general relativity to particle interactions in quantum field theory. Local symmetries, described by gauge theories, are central to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-13 Abhijit Chakraborty , Randy Lewis , Christine A. Muschik