Truncation-Free Quantum Simulation of Pure-Gauge Compact QED Using Josephson Arrays

Quantum simulation is one of the methods that have been proposed and used in practice to bypass computational challenges in the investigation of lattice gauge theories. While most of the proposals rely on truncating the infinite dimensional Hilbert spaces that these models feature, we propose a trun...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Pardo, Guy, Bender, Julian, Katz, Nadav, Zohar, Erez
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 15.10.2024
Subjects
Analog circuits
Gauge theory
Hilbert space
Josephson junctions
Proposals
Quantum electrodynamics
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Summary:Quantum simulation is one of the methods that have been proposed and used in practice to bypass computational challenges in the investigation of lattice gauge theories. While most of the proposals rely on truncating the infinite dimensional Hilbert spaces that these models feature, we propose a truncation-free method based on the exact analogy between the local Hilbert space of lattice QED and that of a Josephson junction. We provide several proposals, mostly semi-analog, arranged according to experimental difficulty. Our method can simulate a quasi-2D system of up to \(2\times N\) plaquettes, and we present an approximate method that can simulate the fully-2D theory, but is more demanding experimentally and not immediately feasible. This sets the ground for analog quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories with superconducting circuits, in a completely Hilbert space truncation-free procedure, for continuous gauge groups.
ISSN:2331-8422