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In the Kogut-Susskind formulation of lattice gauge theories, a set of quantum numbers resides at the ends of each link to characterize the vertex-local gauge field. We discuss the role of these quantum numbers in propagating correlations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-24 Anthony Ciavarella , Natalie Klco , Martin J. Savage

Using a Fermi-Bose mixture of ultra-cold atoms in an optical lattice, we construct a quantum simulator for a U(1) gauge theory coupled to fermionic matter. The construction is based on quantum links which realize continuous gauge symmetry…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-05 D. Banerjee , M. Dalmonte , M. Müller , E. Rico , P. Stebler , U. -J. Wiese , P. Zoller

Symmetry adaptation, universality, and gate efficiency are central but often competing requirements in quantum algorithms for electronic structure and many-body physics. For example, fully symmetry-adapted universal operator pools typically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Ilias Magoulas , Muhan Zhang , Francesco A. Evangelista

The utility of quantum computers for simulating lattice gauge theories is currently limited by the noisiness of the physical hardware. Various quantum error mitigation strategies exist to reduce the statistical and systematic uncertainties…

Quantum sensing encompasses highly promising techniques with diverse applications including noise-reduced imaging, super-resolution microscopy as well as imaging and spectroscopy in challenging spectral ranges. These detection schemes use…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-23 Felix Riexinger , Mirco Kutas , Björn Haase , Michael Bortz , Georg von Freymann

Quantum hardware has the potential to efficiently solve computationally difficult problems in physics and chemistry to reap enormous practical rewards. Analogue quantum simulation accomplishes this by using the dynamics of a controlled…

Particle physics underpins our understanding of the world at a fundamental level by describing the interplay of matter and forces through gauge theories. Yet, despite their unmatched success, the intrinsic quantum mechanical nature of gauge…

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…

This work provides the fundamental theoretical framework for the molecular cavity Quantum Electrodynamics by resolving the gauge ambiguities between the Coulomb gauge and the dipole gauge Hamiltonian under the electronic state truncation.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 Michael A. D. Taylor , Arkajit Mandal , Wanghuai Zhou , Pengfei Huo

Lattice gauge theories describe fundamental phenomena in nature, but calculating their real-time dynamics on classical computers is notoriously difficult. In a recent publication [Nature 534, 516 (2016)], we proposed and experimentally…

Numerical simulations have become an important tool to understand and predict non-perturbative phenomena in particle physics. In this article we attempt to present a general overview over the field. First, the basic concepts of lattice…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2010-12-17 F. Karsch , E. Laermann

Hamiltonian quantum simulation of bosons on digital quantum computers requires truncating the Hilbert space to finite dimensions. The method of truncation and the choice of basis states can significantly impact the complexity of the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Masanori Hanada , Shunji Matsuura , Emanuele Mendicelli , Enrico Rinaldi

Real-time evolution of quantum field theories using classical computers requires resources that scale exponentially with the number of lattice sites. Because of a fundamentally different computational strategy, quantum computers can in…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2022-12-12 Christopher F. Kane , Dorota M. Grabowska , Benjamin Nachman , Christian W. Bauer

Gauge theories are fundamental to our understanding of interactions between the elementary constituents of matter as mediated by gauge bosons. However, computing the real-time dynamics in gauge theories is a notorious challenge for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-28 E. A. Martinez , C. A. Muschik , P. Schindler , D. Nigg , A. Erhard , M. Heyl , P. Hauke , M. Dalmonte , T. Monz , P. Zoller , R. Blatt

Strongly-coupled gauge theories far from equilibrium may exhibit unique features that could illuminate the physics of the early universe and of hadron and ion colliders. Studying real-time phenomena has proven challenging with…

We propose random non-Hermitian Hamiltonians to model the generic stochastic nonlinear dynamics of a quantum state in Hilbert space. Our approach features an underlying linearity in the dynamical equations, ensuring the applicability of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-31 Pei Wang

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…

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Digital quantum simulation has broad applications in approximating unitary evolution of Hamiltonians. In practice, many simulation tasks for quantum systems focus on quantum states in the low-energy subspace instead of the entire Hilbert…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-16 Weiyuan Gong , Shuo Zhou , Tongyang Li

It is well-known that if we gauge a $\mathbb{Z}_n$ symmetry in two dimensions, a dual $\mathbb{Z}_n$ symmetry appears, such that re-gauging this dual $\mathbb{Z}_n$ symmetry leads back to the original theory. We describe how this can be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Yuji Tachikawa

We present an operational procedure to transform global symmetries into local symmetries at the level of individual quantum states, as opposed to typical gauging prescriptions for Hamiltonians or Lagrangians. We then construct a compatible…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-05 Jutho Haegeman , Karel Van Acoleyen , Norbert Schuch , J. Ignacio Cirac , Frank Verstraete