Digital Quantum Simulation of Z2 Lattice Gauge Theories with Dynamical Fermionic Matter

Erez Zohar, Alessandro Farace, Benni Reznik, J. Ignacio Cirac

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Abstract

We propose a scheme for digital quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories with dynamical fermions. Using a layered optical lattice with ancilla atoms that can move and interact with the other atoms (simulating the physical degrees of freedom), we obtain a stroboscopic dynamics which yields the four-body plaquette interactions, arising in models with (2+1) and higher dimensions, without the use of perturbation theory. As an example we show how to simulate a Z2 model in (2+1) dimensions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number070501
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume118
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Feb 2017

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