Ultracold quantum gases and lattice systems: quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories

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DOI10.1002/ANDP.201300104zbMATH Open1279.81069arXiv1305.1602OpenAlexW1797418550WikidataQ59713281 ScholiaQ59713281MaRDI QIDQ2870487FDOQ2870487


Authors: U.-J. Wiese Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 21 January 2014

Published in: Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Abelian and non-Abelian gauge theories are of central importance in many areas of physics. In condensed matter physics, Abelian U(1) lattice gauge theories arise in the description of certain quantum spin liquids. In quantum information theory, Kitaev's toric code is a Z(2) lattice gauge theory. In particle physics, Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the non-Abelian SU(3) gauge theory of the strong interactions between quarks and gluons, is non-perturbatively regularized on a lattice. Quantum link models extend the concept of lattice gauge theories beyond the Wilson formulation, and are well suited for both digital and analog quantum simulation using ultracold atomic gases in optical lattices. Since quantum simulators do not suffer from the notorious sign problem, they open the door to studies of the real-time evolution of strongly coupled quantum systems, which are impossible with classical simulation methods. A plethora of interesting lattice gauge theories suggests itself for quantum simulation, which should allow us to address very challenging problems, ranging from confinement and deconfinement, or chiral symmetry breaking and its restoration at finite baryon density, to color superconductivity and the real-time evolution of heavy-ion collisions, first in simpler model gauge theories and ultimately in QCD.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.1602




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