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cond-mat.quant-gas2026

Observation of far-from-equilibrium scaling in the transient dynamics of 2D quantum magnets

Fabio Bensch, Umberto Borla, Federico Balducci +7

The transient regime of far-from-equilibrium quantum many-body dynamics lacks the established organizing principles that universality and scaling provide in equilibrium. It is leas…

cond-mat.quant-gas2026

Engineering Quantum Many-Body Scars through Lattice Geometry

Erick Parra Verde, Kevin P. Mours, Johannes Zeiher +2

Quantum many-body scars enable persistent non-ergodic dynamics in otherwise thermalizing systems, yet their stabilization typically relies on fine-tuned initial states or engineere…

cond-mat.quant-gas2026

Matter-induced plaquette terms in a lattice gauge theory

Matjaž Kebrič, Fabian Döschl, Umberto Borla +4

Lattice gauge theories (LGTs) provide a powerful framework for studying confinement, topological order, and exotic quantum matter. In particular, the paradigmatic phenomenon of con…

cond-mat.quant-gas2026

Towards D quantum electrodynamics on a cold-atom quantum simulator

Peter Majcen, Jesse J. Osborne, Philipp Hauke +3

Cold atoms have become a powerful platform for quantum-simulating lattice gauge theories in higher spatial dimensions. However, such realizations have been restricted to the lowest…

cond-mat.quant-gas2026

Scalable cold-atom quantum simulator of a D U lattice gauge theory with dynamical matter

Simone Orlando, Guo-Xian Su, Bing Yang +1

The stated overarching goal of the highly active field of quantum simulation of high-energy physics (HEP) is to achieve the capability to study \textit{ab-initio} real-time microsc…

cond-mat.quant-gas2025

Ergodicity breaking meets criticality in a gauge-theory quantum simulator

Ana Hudomal, Aiden Daniel, Tiago Santiago do Espirito Santo +6

Recent advances in quantum simulations have opened access to the real-time dynamics of lattice gauge theories, providing a new setting to explore how quantum criticality influences…

cond-mat.quant-gas2025★ 1 cited

Quantum simulation of fermionic non-Abelian lattice gauge theories in D with built-in gauge protection

Gaia De Paciani, Lukas Homeier, Jad C. Halimeh +2

Recent advancements in the field of quantum simulation have significantly expanded the potential for applications, particularly in the context of lattice gauge theories (LGTs). Mai…

cond-mat.quant-gas2025★ 1 cited

Disorder-Free Localization and Fragmentation in a Non-Abelian Lattice Gauge Theory

Giovanni Cataldi, Giuseppe Calajó, Pietro Silvi +2

We investigate how isolated quantum many-body systems dynamically equilibrate under non-Abelian gauge-symmetry constraints. By encoding gauge superselection sectors into static $\m…

cond-mat.quant-gas2024

Probing false vacuum decay on a cold-atom gauge-theory quantum simulator

Zi-Hang Zhu, Ying Liu, Gianluca Lagnese +9

In the context of quantum electrodynamics, the decay of false vacuum leads to the production of electron-positron pair, a phenomenon known as the Schwinger effect. In practical exp…

cond-mat.quant-gas2024

Meson Mass Sets Onset Time of Anomalous Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions

Jesse J. Osborne, Johannes Knaute, Ian P. McCulloch +1

Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) have been established as a rigorous framework for investigating far-from-equilibrium quantum many-body criticality. Although initially t…

cond-mat.quant-gas2024★ 11 cited

Quantum Many-Body Scarring in a Non-Abelian Lattice Gauge Theory

Giuseppe Calajò, Giovanni Cataldi, Marco Rigobello +5

Quantum many-body scarring (QMBS) is an intriguing mechanism of weak ergodicity breaking that has recently spurred significant attention. Particularly prominent in Abelian lattice…

cond-mat.quant-gas2024★ 2 cited

Mass-Assisted Local Deconfinement in a Confined Lattice Gauge Theory

Jean-Yves Desaules, Thomas Iadecola, Jad C. Halimeh

Confinement is a prominent phenomenon in condensed matter and high-energy physics that has recently become the focus of quantum-simulation experiments of lattice gauge theories (LG…

cond-mat.quant-gas2024★ 1 cited

Quantum Many-Body Scarring in D Gauge Theories with Dynamical Matter

Jesse Osborne, Ian P. McCulloch, Jad C. Halimeh

Quantum many-body scarring (QMBS) has emerged as an intriguing paradigm of weak ergodicity breaking in nonintegrable quantum many-body models, particularly lattice gauge theories (…

cond-mat.quant-gas2024★ 21 cited

A Cold-Atom Particle Collider

Guo-Xian Su, Jesse Osborne, Jad C. Halimeh

A major objective of the strong ongoing drive to realize quantum simulators of gauge theories is achieving the capability to probe collider-relevant physics on them. In this regard…

cond-mat.quant-gas2023★ 5 cited

Probing Confinement Through Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions: From Quantum Spin Models to Lattice Gauge Theories

Jesse Osborne, Ian P. McCulloch, Jad C. Halimeh

Confinement is an intriguing phenomenon prevalent in condensed matter and high-energy physics. Exploring its effect on the far-from-equilibrium criticality of quantum many-body sys…

cond-mat.quant-gas2023★ 9 cited

Cold-atom quantum simulators of gauge theories

Jad C. Halimeh, Monika Aidelsburger, Fabian Grusdt +2

Gauge theories represent a fundamental framework underlying modern physics, constituting the basis of the Standard Model and also providing useful descriptions of various phenomena…

cond-mat.quant-gas2023★ 5 cited

Robust Finite-Temperature Many-Body Scarring on a Quantum Computer

Jean-Yves Desaules, Erik J. Gustafson, Andy C. Y. Li +2

Mechanisms for suppressing thermalization in disorder-free many-body systems, such as Hilbert space fragmentation and quantum many-body scars, have recently attracted much interest…

cond-mat.quant-gas2023★ 13 cited

Confinement in 1+1D Lattice Gauge Theories at Finite Temperature

Matjaž Kebrič, Jad C. Halimeh, Ulrich Schollwöck +1

Confinement is a paradigmatic phenomenon of gauge theories, and its understanding lies at the forefront of high-energy physics. Here, we study confinement in a simple one-dimension…

cond-mat.quant-gas2023★ 9 cited

Observation of microscopic confinement dynamics by a tunable topological -angle

Wei-Yong Zhang, Ying Liu, Yanting Cheng +14

The topological -angle is central to the understanding of a plethora of phenomena in condensed matter and high-energy physics such as the strong CP problem, dynamical quantum to…

cond-mat.quant-gas2023★ 3 cited

Spin- Quantum Link Models with Dynamical Matter on a Quantum Simulator

Jesse Osborne, Bing Yang, Ian P. McCulloch +2

Quantum link models (QLMs) offer the realistic prospect for the practical implementation of lattice quantum electrodynamics (QED) on modern quantum simulators, and they provide a v…

cond-mat.quant-gas2023★ 15 cited

Spin exchange-enabled quantum simulator for large-scale non-Abelian gauge theories

Jad C. Halimeh, Lukas Homeier, Annabelle Bohrdt +1

A central requirement for the faithful implementation of large-scale lattice gauge theories (LGTs) on quantum simulators is the protection of the underlying gauge symmetry. Recent…

cond-mat.quant-gas2023★ 5 cited

Disorder-Free Localization as a Purely Classical Effect

Pablo Sala, Giuliano Giudici, Jad C. Halimeh

Disorder-free localization (DFL) is an ergodicity breaking mechanism that has been shown to occur in lattice gauge theories in the quench dynamics of initial states spanning an ext…

cond-mat.quant-gas2023★ 1 cited

Disorder-Free Localization in D Lattice Gauge Theories with Dynamical Matter

Jesse Osborne, Ian P. McCulloch, Jad C. Halimeh

Disorder-free localization (DFL) has been established as a mechanism of strong ergodicity breaking in D lattice gauge theories (LGTs) with dynamical matter for quenches starti…

cond-mat.quant-gas2023★ 15 cited

Ergodicity Breaking Under Confinement in Cold-Atom Quantum Simulators

Jean-Yves Desaules, Guo-Xian Su, Ian P. McCulloch +3

The quantum simulation of gauge theories on synthetic quantum matter devices has gained a lot of traction in the last decade, making possible the observation of a range of exotic q…