Towards analog quantum simulations of lattice gauge theories with trapped ions
Zohreh Davoudi, Mohammad Hafezi, C. Monroe, Guido Pagano, Alireza Seif, Andrew Shaw
Abstract
This work provides proposals for the first fully-analog quantum simulation of select gauge theories using a carefully engineered effective spin-spin Hamiltonian in trapped-ion quantum simulators, with applications beyond gauge theories.
Topics & Concepts
Quantum simulatorGauge theoryPhysicsLattice gauge theoryTheoretical physicsQuantum mechanicsQuantumIntroduction to gauge theoryHamiltonian lattice gauge theoryStatistical physicsQuantum computerCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesQuantum many-body systemsQuantum Information and Cryptography