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20152026
most citedGauge-invariant implementation of the Abelian Higgs model on optical lattices

119 citations · 370 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

cond-mat.str-el2026

Quantum phases in the interacting generalized Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model

Jing-Hua Niu, Jia-Lin Liu, Ke Wang +2

We investigate the quantum phases of a half-filled generalized interacting Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model with intracell, nearest-neighbor, and next-nearest-neighbor intercell hoppings…

quant-ph2024★ 6 cited

Critical behavior of lattice gauge theory Rydberg simulators from effective Hamiltonians

Jin Zhang, Shan-Wen Tsai, Yannick Meurice

We consider multileg ladders of Rydberg atoms which have been proposed as quantum simulators for the compact Abelian Higgs model (CAHM) in 1+1 dimensions [Y. Meurice, Phys. Rev. D…

hep-lat2023

Symmetry Breaking in an Extended O(2) Model

Leon Hostetler, Ryo Sakai, Jin Zhang +2

Motivated by attempts to quantum simulate lattice models with continuous Abelian symmetries using discrete approximations, we study an extended-O(2) model in two dimensions that di…

hep-lat2022

Symmetry Breaking in an Extended-O(2) Model

Leon Hostetler, Ryo Sakai, Jin Zhang +3

Motivated by attempts to quantum simulate lattice models with continuous Abelian symmetries using discrete approximations, we consider an extended-O(2) model that differs from the…

cond-mat.str-el2022★ 1 cited

Quantum simulation of spin-1/2 XYZ model using solid-state spin centers

Troy Losey, Denis R. Candido, Jin Zhang +3

In this work we propose a novel solid-state platform for creating quantum simulators based on implanted spin centers in semiconductors. We show that under the presence of an extern…

hep-lat2021

From tensors to qubits

Yannick Meurice, Alexei Bazavov, Patrick Dreher +6

We discuss recent progress in Tensor Lattice Field Theory and economical, symmetry preserving, truncations suitable for quantum computations or simulations. We focus on spin and ga…

hep-lat2021

Clock model interpolation and symmetry breaking in O(2) models

Leon Hostetler, Jin Zhang, Ryo Sakai +3

The -state clock model is a classical spin model that corresponds to the Ising model when and to the model when . The integer- clock model has been stu…

quant-ph2021★ 12 cited

Fidelity and entanglement entropy for infinite-order phase transitions

Jin Zhang

We study the fidelity and the entanglement entropy for the ground states of quantum systems that have infinite-order quantum phase transitions. In particular, we consider the quant…

hep-lat2021★ 16 cited

Clock model interpolation and symmetry breaking in O(2) models

Leon Hostetler, Jin Zhang, Ryo Sakai +3

Motivated by recent attempts to quantum simulate lattice models with continuous Abelian symmetries using discrete approximations, we define an extended-O(2) model by adding a $γ\co…

cond-mat.quant-gas2021★ 20 cited

Truncation effects in the charge representation of the O(2) model

Jin Zhang, Yannick Meurice, Shan-Wen Tsai

The O(2) model in Euclidean space-time is the zero-gauge-coupling limit of the compact scalar quantum electrodynamics. We obtain a dual representation of it called the charge repre…

cond-mat.quant-gas2019★ 3 cited

Quantum Joule Expansion of One-Dimensional Systems

Jin Zhang, Y. Meurice, S. -W. Tsai

We investigate the Joule expansion of nonintegrable quantum systems that contain bosons or spinless fermions in one-dimensional lattices. A barrier initially confines the particles…

hep-lat2018★ 53 cited

Universal features of the Abelian Polyakov loop in 1+1 dimension

Judah Unmuth-Yockey, Jin Zhang, Alexei Bazavov +2

We show that the Polyakov loop of the two-dimensional lattice Abelian Higgs model can be calculated using the tensor renormalization group approach. We check the accuracy of the re…

hep-lat2018★ 97 cited

Quantum simulation of the universal features of the Polyakov loop

Jin Zhang, J. Unmuth-Yockey, J. Zeiher +3

Lattice gauge theories are fundamental to our understanding of high-energy physics. Nevertheless, the search for suitable platforms for their quantum simulation has proven difficul…

hep-lat2017★ 20 cited

Estimating the central charge from the Rényi entanglement entropy

A. Bazavov, Y. Meurice, S. -W. Tsai +3

We calculate the von Neumann and Rényi bipartite entanglement entropy of the model with a chemical potential on a 1+1 dimensional Euclidean lattice with open and periodic bo…

hep-lat2016★ 3 cited

Tensor RG calculations and quantum simulations near criticality

Y. Meurice, A. Bazavov, Shan-Wen Tsai +3

We discuss the reformulation of the O(2) model with a chemical potential and the Abelian Higgs model on a 1+1 dimensional space-time lattice using the Tensor Renormalization Group…

cond-mat.quant-gas2016★ 20 cited

Probing the conformal Calabrese-Cardy scaling with cold atoms

J. Unmuth-Yockey, Jin Zhang, P. M. Preiss +3

We demonstrate that current experiments using cold bosonic atoms trapped in one-dimensional optical lattices and designed to measure the second-order Renyi entanglement entropy S_2…

hep-lat2015

Effective action for the Abelian-Higgs model for a gauge-invariant implementation on optical lattices

Alexei Bazavov, Yannick Meurice, Shan-Wen Tsai +2

We present a gauge-invariant effective action for the Abelian-Higgs model in 1+1 dimensions. It is constructed by integrating out the gauge field and then using the hopping paramet…

hep-lat2015★ 119 cited

Gauge-invariant implementation of the Abelian Higgs model on optical lattices

Alexei Bazavov, Yannick Meurice, Shan-Wen Tsai +2

We present a gauge-invariant effective action for the Abelian Higgs model (scalar electrodynamics) with a chemical potential on a 1+1 dimensional lattice. This formulation prov…