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20132026
most citedObservation of gauge invariance in a 71-site Bose-Hubbard quantum simulator

315 citations · 1.6k across the 49 of their papers we have counts for

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49 papers

quant-ph2026

Non-Abelian String-Breaking Dynamics on a Qudit Quantum Computer

Manuel John, Keshav Pareek, Peter Tirler +7

Gauge theories form the foundation of the Standard Model of particle physics. These theories can exhibit confinement, where charged particles only occur in bound states, connected…

quant-ph2026

Programmable Fermionic Quantum Processors with Globally Controlled Lattices

Gabriele Calliari, Charles Fromonteil, Francesco Cesa +4

We introduce a framework for realizing universal fermionic quantum processing with globally controlled itinerant fermionic particles. Our approach is tailored to the example of neu…

quant-ph2026

Imaginary time evolution and ground state preparation using unitary multi-copy protocols

Tal Schwartzman, Torsten V. Zache, Hannes Pichler +1

Efficient low-energy state preparation is a key objective in quantum computation and quantum simulation. Quantum imaginary-time evolution replaces real-time dynamics with imaginary…

quant-ph2026

U(1) lattice gauge theory and string roughening on a triangular Rydberg array

Lisa Bombieri, Torsten V. Zache, Hannes Pichler +1

Lattice gauge theories (LGTs) describe fundamental interactions in particle physics. A central phenomenon in these theories is confinement, which binds quarks and antiquarks into h…

quant-ph2026

Rare-Event Quantum Sensing using Logical Qubits

Robert Ott, Torsten V. Zache, Soonwon Choi +2

We present a novel protocol to detect rare signals in a noisy environment using quantum error correction (QEC). The key feature of our protocol is the discrimination between signal…

quant-ph2025

Real-time collisions of fractional charges in a trapped-ion Jackiw-Rebbi field theory

Alan Kahan, Pablo Viñas, Torsten V. Zache +1

We propose and analyze a trapped-ion quantum simulator of the Jackiw-Rebbi model, a paradigmatic quantum field theory in (1+1) dimensions where solitonic excitations of a scalar fi…

quant-ph2025

Algorithmic Quantum Simulations of Quantum Thermodynamics

Yangsen Ye, Jue Nan, Dong Chen +27

Characterizing quantum phases-of-matter at finite-temperature is essential for understanding complex materials and large-scale thermodynamic phenomena. Here, we develop algorithmic…

quant-ph2025

Non-local mass superpositions and optical clock interferometry in atomic ensemble quantum networks

Charles Fromonteil, Denis V. Vasilyev, Torsten V. Zache +5

Quantum networks are emerging as powerful platforms for sensing, communication, and fundamental tests of physics. We propose a programmable quantum sensing network based on entangl…

cond-mat.quant-gas2025

Few is different: deciphering many-body dynamics in mesoscopic quantum gases

Juergen Berges, Sandra Brandstetter, Jasmine Brewer +27

Emergent macroscopic descriptions of matter, such as hydrodynamics, are central to our description of complex physical systems across a wide spectrum of energy scales. The conventi…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Deconfined quantum criticality on a triangular Rydberg array

Lisa Bombieri, Torsten V. Zache, Gabriele Calliari +3

Fluctuations can drive continuous phase transitions between two distinct ordered phases -- so-called deconfined quantum critical points (DQCPs) -- which lie beyond the Landau-Ginzb…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

Field digitization scaling in a symmetric model

Gabriele Calliari, Robert Ott, Hannes Pichler +1

The simulation of quantum field theories, both classical and quantum, requires regularization of infinitely many degrees of freedom. However, in the context of field digitization (…

quant-ph2024

Error-corrected fermionic quantum processors with neutral atoms

Robert Ott, Daniel González-Cuadra, Torsten V. Zache +3

Many-body fermionic systems can be simulated in a hardware-efficient manner using a fermionic quantum processor. Neutral atoms trapped in optical potentials can realize such proces…

quant-ph2024★ 4 cited

Quantum simulating continuum field theories with large-spin lattice models

Gabriele Calliari, Marco Di Liberto, Hannes Pichler +1

Simulating the real-time dynamics of quantum field theories (QFTs) is one of the most promising applications of quantum simulators. Regularizing a bosonic QFT for quantum simulatio…

quant-ph2024★ 31 cited

Observation of string breaking on a (2 + 1)D Rydberg quantum simulator

Daniel Gonzalez-Cuadra, Majd Hamdan, Torsten V. Zache +10

Lattice gauge theories (LGTs) describe a broad range of phenomena in condensed matter and particle physics. A prominent example is confinement, responsible for bounding quarks insi…

quant-ph2024

Probing topological entanglement on large scales

Robert Ott, Torsten V. Zache, Nishad Maskara +3

Topologically ordered quantum matter exhibits intriguing long-range patterns of entanglement, which reveal themselves in subsystem entropies. However, measuring such entropies, whi…

quant-ph2024★ 3 cited

Dark spin-cats as biased qubits

Andreas Kruckenhauser, Ming Yuan, Han Zheng +8

We present a biased atomic qubit, universally implementable across all atomic platforms, encoded as a `spin-cat' within ground state Zeeman levels. The key characteristic of our co…

quant-ph2024

Entanglement Structure of Non-Gaussian States and How to Measure It

Henry Froland, Torsten V. Zache, Robert Ott +1

Rapidly growing capabilities of quantum simulators to probe quantum many-body phenomena require new methods to characterize increasingly complex states. We present a protocol that…

cond-mat.quant-gas2024★ 8 cited

Hamiltonian Learning in Quantum Field Theories

Robert Ott, Torsten V. Zache, Maximilian Prüfer +5

We discuss Hamiltonian learning in quantum field theories as a protocol for systematically extracting the operator content and coupling constants of effective field theory Hamilton…

quant-ph2023★ 88 cited

Exploring Large-Scale Entanglement in Quantum Simulation

Manoj K. Joshi, Christian Kokail, Rick van Bijnen +5

Entanglement is a distinguishing feature of quantum many-body systems, and uncovering the entanglement structure for large particle numbers in quantum simulation experiments is a f…

quant-ph2023★ 52 cited

Quantum and classical spin network algorithms for -deformed Kogut-Susskind gauge theories

Torsten V. Zache, Daniel González-Cuadra, Peter Zoller

Treating the infinite-dimensional Hilbert space of non-abelian gauge theories is an outstanding challenge for classical and quantum simulations. Here, we introduce -deformed Kog…

quant-ph2023★ 89 cited

Fermionic quantum processing with programmable neutral atom arrays

Daniel González-Cuadra, Dolev Bluvstein, Marcin Kalinowski +10

Simulating the properties of many-body fermionic systems is an outstanding computational challenge relevant to material science, quantum chemistry, and particle physics. Although q…

quant-ph2023★ 56 cited

Fermion-qudit quantum processors for simulating lattice gauge theories with matter

Torsten V. Zache, Daniel González-Cuadra, Peter Zoller

Simulating the real-time dynamics of lattice gauge theories, underlying the Standard Model of particle physics, is a notoriously difficult problem where quantum simulators can prov…

quant-ph2022

High-dimensional SO(4)-symmetric Rydberg manifolds for quantum simulation

Andreas Kruckenhauser, Rick van Bijnen, Torsten V. Zache +2

We develop a toolbox for manipulating arrays of Rydberg atoms prepared in high-dimensional hydrogen-like manifolds in the regime of linear Stark and Zeeman effect. We exploit the S…

cond-mat.quant-gas2022

Equal-time approach to real-time dynamics of quantum fields

Robert Ott, Torsten V. Zache, Jürgen Berges

We employ the equal-time formulation of quantum field theory to derive effective kinetic theories, first for a weakly coupled non-relativistic Bose gas, and then for a strongly cor…