Thermalization dynamics of a gauge theory on a quantum simulator.

Journal

Science (New York, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1095-9203
Titre abrégé: Science
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0404511

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
15 07 2022
Historique:
entrez: 20 7 2022
pubmed: 21 7 2022
medline: 21 7 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Gauge theories form the foundation of modern physics, with applications ranging from elementary particle physics and early-universe cosmology to condensed matter systems. We perform quantum simulations of the unitary dynamics of a U(1) symmetric gauge field theory and demonstrate emergent irreversible behavior. The highly constrained gauge theory dynamics are encoded in a one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard simulator, which couples fermionic matter fields through dynamical gauge fields. We investigated global quantum quenches and the equilibration to a steady state well approximated by a thermal ensemble. Our work may enable the investigation of elusive phenomena, such as Schwinger pair production and string breaking, and paves the way for simulating more complex, higher-dimensional gauge theories on quantum synthetic matter devices.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1126/science.abl6277 PMID: 35857589
pubmed: 35857589
doi: 10.1126/science.abl6277
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

311-314

Auteurs

Zhao-Yu Zhou (ZY)

Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
School of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0989-1359

Guo-Xian Su (GX)

Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
School of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
ORCID: 0000-0001-7936-762X

Jad C Halimeh (JC)

INO-CNR BEC Center and Department of Physics, University of Trento, Via Sommarive 14, I-38123 Trento, Italy.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0659-7990

Robert Ott (R)

Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0411-3849

Hui Sun (H)

Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
School of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.

Philipp Hauke (P)

INO-CNR BEC Center and Department of Physics, University of Trento, Via Sommarive 14, I-38123 Trento, Italy.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0414-1754

Bing Yang (B)

Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8379-9289

Zhen-Sheng Yuan (ZS)

Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
School of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, China.
ORCID: 0000-0003-4580-8225

Jürgen Berges (J)

Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

Jian-Wei Pan (JW)

Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
School of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, China.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6100-5142

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