This is a list of all preprints. For other publication types, see all publications.
2022
Sampling Rare Conformational Transitions with a Quantum Computer
Spontaneous structural rearrangements play a central role in the organization and function of complex biomolecular systems. In …
2021
Achieving the quantum field theory limit in far-from-equilibrium quantum link models
Realizations of gauge theories in setups of quantum synthetic matter open up the possibility of probing salient exotic phenomena in …
Ground-state phase diagram of quantum link electrodynamics in $(2+1)$-d
The exploration of phase diagrams of strongly interacting gauge theories coupled to matter in lower dimensions promises the …
Enhancing disorder-free localization through dynamically emergent local symmetries
Disorder-free localization is a recently discovered phenomenon of nonergodicity that can emerge in quantum many-body systems hosting …
Stabilizing Disorder-Free Localization
Disorder-free localization is a paradigm of nonergodicity in translation-invariant quantum many-body systems hosting gauge symmetries. …
Suppressing nonperturbative gauge errors in the thermodynamic limit using local pseudogenerators
With recent progress in quantum simulations of lattice-gauge theories, it is becoming a pressing question how to reliably protect the …
Detecting quantum phase transitions in nonintegrable and long-range Ising chains using spatially minimal measurements
In a recent work Dağ, Uhrich, and Halimeh, arXiv:2105.05986, single-site observables have been introduced as a versatile tool for the …
Stabilizing Lattice Gauge Theories Through Simplified Local Pseudo Generators
The postulate of gauge invariance in nature does not lend itself directly to implementations of lattice gauge theories in modern setups …
Universal equilibration dynamics of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model
Equilibrium quantum many-body systems in the vicinity of phase transitions generically manifest universality. In contrast, limited …
Engineering a $\mathrm{U}(1)$ lattice gauge theory in classical electric circuits
Lattice gauge theories are fundamental to such distinct fields as particle physics, condensed matter, and quantum information science. …
Projective symmetry group classification of chiral $\mathbb{Z}_2$ spin liquids on the pyrochlore lattice: application to the spin-$1/2$ XXZ Heisenberg model
We give a complete classification of fully symmetric as well as chiral $\mathbb{Z}_2$ quantum spin liquids on the pyrochlore lattice …
Thermalization dynamics of a gauge theory on a quantum simulator
Gauge theories form the foundation of modern physics, with applications ranging from elementary particle physics and early-universe …
Quantum phases of dipolar bosons in multilayer optical lattice
We consider a minimal model to investigate the quantum phases of hardcore, polarized dipolar atoms confined in multilayer optical …
Non-invasive measurement of currents in analog quantum simulators
Despite the pristine abilities of analog quantum simulators to study quantum dynamics, possibilities to detect currents are sparse. …
Gauge protection in non-Abelian lattice gauge theories
Protection of gauge invariance in experimental realizations of lattice gauge theories based on energy-penalty schemes has recently …
Quantum quench dynamics of dipolar bosons in 2D optical lattices
We investigate the quench dynamics of the dipolar bosons in two dimensional optical lattice of square geometry using the time dependent …
Probing Equilibrium and Dynamical Criticality Through Single-Site Observables
Extracting critical behavior in the wake of quantum quenches has recently been at the forefront of theoretical and experimental …
Polymer Physics by Quantum Computing
Sampling equilibrium ensembles of dense polymer mixtures is a paradigmatically hard problem in computational physics, even in …
Generalized Discrete Truncated Wigner Approximation for Nonadiabtic Quantum-Classical Dynamics
Nonadiabatic molecular dynamics occur in a wide range of chemical reactions and femtochemistry experiments involving electronically …
Reliability of lattice gauge theories in the thermodynamic limit
Although gauge invariance is a postulate in fundamental theories of nature such as quantum electrodynamics, in quantum-simulation …
From non-Hermitian linear response to dynamical correlations and fluctuation–dissipation relations in quantum many-body systems
Quantum many-body systems are characterized by their correlations. While equal-time correlators and unequal-time commutators between …
Achieving the continuum limit of quantum link lattice gauge theories on quantum devices
The solution of gauge theories is one of the most promising applications of quantum technologies. Here, we discuss the approach to the …
2020
Gauge-Symmetry Violation Quantum Phase Transition in Lattice Gauge Theories
Gauge symmetry plays a key role in our description of subatomic matter. The vanishing photon mass, the long-ranged Coulomb law, and …
Diffusive-to-ballistic crossover of symmetry violation in open many-body systems
Conservation laws in a quantum many-body system play a direct role in its dynamic behavior. Understanding the effect of weakly breaking …
Fate of Lattice Gauge Theories Under Decoherence
A major test of the capabilities of modern quantum simulators and NISQ devices is the reliable realization of gauge theories, which …
Origin of staircase prethermalization in lattice gauge theories
Quantum many-body systems with exact local gauge symmetries exhibit rich out-of-equilibrium physics such as constrained dynamics and …
Staircase prethermalization and constrained dynamics in lattice gauge theories
The dynamics of lattice gauge theories is characterized by an abundance of local symmetry constraints. Although errors that break gauge …