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General Methods for Digital Quantum Simulation of Gauge Theories

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2019-09-04 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons Nuclear Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

A general scheme is presented for simulating gauge theories, with matter fields, on a digital quantum computer. A Trotterized time-evolution operator that respects gauge symmetry is constructed, and a procedure for obtaining time-separated, gauge-invariant operators is detailed. We demonstrate the procedure on small lattices, including the simulation of a 2+1D non-Abelian gauge theory.

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@article{arxiv.1903.08807,
  title  = {General Methods for Digital Quantum Simulation of Gauge Theories},
  author = {Henry Lamm and Scott Lawrence and Yukari Yamauchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.08807},
  year   = {2019}
}

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13 pages, 7 figures, v3 includes clarifying comments, additional data and additional references. Matched published version

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