Cold-atom quantum simulators of gauge theories

JC Halimeh, M Aidelsburger, F Grusdt, P Hauke… - Nature Physics, 2025 - nature.com
Gauge theories constitute the basis of the Standard Model and provide useful descriptions of
various phenomena in condensed matter. Realizing gauge theories on tunable tabletop …

Quantum Simulation of SU(3) Lattice Yang-Mills Theory at Leading Order in Large- Expansion

AN Ciavarella, CW Bauer - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Quantum simulations of the dynamics of QCD have been limited by the complexities of
map** the continuous gauge fields onto quantum computers. By parametrizing the gauge …

Quantum simulations of hadron dynamics in the Schwinger model using 112 qubits

RC Farrell, M Illa, AN Ciavarella, MJ Savage - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Hadron wave packets are prepared and time evolved in the Schwinger model using 112
qubits of IBM's 133-qubit Heron quantum computer ibm_torino. The initialization of the …

Synthetic gauge theories based on parametric excitations of trapped ions

O Bǎzǎvan, S Saner, E Tirrito, G Araneda… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Resource efficient schemes for the quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories can benefit
from hybrid encodings of gauge and matter fields that use the native degrees of freedom …

Quantum thermodynamics of nonequilibrium processes in lattice gauge theories

Z Davoudi, C Jarzynski, N Mueller, G Oruganti… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
A key objective in nuclear and high-energy physics is to describe nonequilibrium dynamics
of matter, eg, in the early Universe and in particle colliders, starting from the standard model …

Real-time scattering in the lattice Schwinger model

I Papaefstathiou, J Knolle, MC Bañuls - Physical Review D, 2025 - APS
Tensor network methods have demonstrated their suitability for the study of equilibrium
properties of lattice gauge theories, even close to the continuum limit. We use them in an out …

Efficient and precise quantum simulation of ultrarelativistic quark-nucleus scattering

S Wu, W Du, X Zhao, JP Vary - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
We present an efficient and precise framework to quantum simulate the dynamics of the
ultrarelativistic quark-nucleus scattering. This framework employs the eigenbasis of the …

Probing false vacuum decay on a cold-atom gauge-theory quantum simulator

ZH Zhu, Y Liu, G Lagnese, FM Surace… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
In the context of quantum electrodynamics, the decay of false vacuum leads to the
production of electron-positron pair, a phenomenon known as the Schwinger effect. In …

Density-dependent gauge field with Raman lattices

XC Cheng, ZY Wang, J Zhang, S Chen, X Nie - Physical Review A, 2025 - APS
The study of the gauge field is an everlasting topic in modern physics. Spin-orbit coupling is
a powerful tool in ultracold atomic systems, resulting in an artificial gauge field that can be …