Emergent U(1) lattice gauge theory in Rydberg atom arrays

Y Cheng, H Zhai - Nature Reviews Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Rydberg atom arrays have emerged as a novel platform exhibiting rich quantum many-body
physics and offering promise for universal quantum computation. The Rydberg blockade …

Realistic scheme for quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories with dynamical matter in (2 + 1)D

L Homeier, A Bohrdt, S Linsel, E Demler… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Gauge fields coupled to dynamical matter are ubiquitous in many disciplines of physics,
ranging from particle to condensed matter physics, but their implementation in large-scale …

Emergent glassy behavior in a kagome Rydberg atom array

Z Yan, YC Wang, R Samajdar, S Sachdev, ZY Meng - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We present large-scale quantum Monte Carlo simulation results on a realistic Hamiltonian of
kagome-lattice Rydberg atom arrays. Although the system has no intrinsic disorder …

Emergent Gauge Theories and Topological Excitations in Rydberg Atom Arrays

R Samajdar, DG Joshi, Y Teng, S Sachdev - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Strongly interacting arrays of Rydberg atoms provide versatile platforms for exploring exotic
many-body phases and dynamics of correlated quantum systems. Motivated by recent …

Unifying Kitaev magnets, kagomé dimer models, and ruby Rydberg spin liquids

R Verresen, A Vishwanath - Physical Review X, 2022 - APS
The exploration of quantum spin liquids (QSLs) has been guided by different approaches
including the resonating valence bond (RVB) picture, deconfined lattice gauge theories, and …

Investigating topological order using recurrent neural networks

M Hibat-Allah, RG Melko, J Carrasquilla - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Recurrent neural networks (RNNs), originally developed for natural language processing,
hold great promise for accurately describing strongly correlated quantum many-body …

Emergent gauge theory in Rydberg atom arrays

Y Cheng, H Zhai - arxiv preprint arxiv:2401.07708, 2024 - arxiv.org
Rydberg atom arrays have emerged as a novel platform exhibiting rich quantum many-body
physics and offering promise for universal quantum computation. The Rydberg blockade …

Detecting a Long-Lived False Vacuum with Quantum Quenches

G Lagnese, FM Surace, S Morampudi, F Wilczek - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Distinguishing whether a system supports alternate low-energy (locally stable) states—
stable (true vacuum) versus metastable (false vacuum)—by direct observation can be …

Quantum spin liquids bootstrapped from Ising criticality in Rydberg arrays

K Slagle, Y Liu, D Aasen, H Pichler, RSK Mong… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Arrays of Rydberg atoms constitute a highly tunable, strongly interacting venue for the
pursuit of exotic states of matter. We develop a strategy for accessing a family of …

Tunable confinement-deconfinement transition in an ultracold-atom quantum simulator

Y Cheng, S Liu, W Zheng, P Zhang, H Zhai - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
The one-dimensional lattice Schwinger model has recently been realized by using bosons
in optical lattices. This model contains both confinement and deconfinement phases, the …