Real-time dynamics of lattice gauge theories with a few-qubit quantum computer

Esteban A. Martinez (), Christine A. Muschik (), Philipp Schindler, Daniel Nigg, Alexander Erhard, Markus Heyl, Philipp Hauke, Marcello Dalmonte, Thomas Monz, Peter Zoller and Rainer Blatt
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Esteban A. Martinez: Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck
Christine A. Muschik: Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Philipp Schindler: Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck
Daniel Nigg: Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck
Alexander Erhard: Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck
Markus Heyl: Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Philipp Hauke: Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Marcello Dalmonte: Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Thomas Monz: Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck
Peter Zoller: Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Rainer Blatt: Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck

Nature, 2016, vol. 534, issue 7608, 516-519

Abstract: A digital quantum simulation of a lattice gauge theory is performed on a quantum computer that consists of a few trapped-ion qubits; the model simulated is the Schwinger mechanism, which describes the creation of electron–positron pairs from vacuum.

Date: 2016
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