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arXiv:1604.03124 · Physical Review A

Analog quantum simulation of (1+1) -dimensional lattice QED with trapped ions

Dayou Yang, Gouri Shankar Giri, M. Johanning, Christof Wunderlich, P. Zoller, Philipp Hauke

Published Nov 16, 2016• 81 citations
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Abstract

Experimentally feasible quantum simulation schemes are proposed to emulate a simple lattice gauge theory in trapped-ion chains, which may overcome the difficulty of simulating the relevant real-time dynamics numerically.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.94.052321

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