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arXiv:1605.00333 · Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

Quantum simulation of ( 1 + 1 )-dimensional U(1) gauge-Higgs model on a lattice by cold Bose gases

Yoshihito Kuno, Shinya Sakane, Kenichi Kasamatsu, Ikuo Ichinose, Tetsuo Matsui

Published May 16, 2017• 63 citations
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Abstract

We present a theoretical study of quantum simulations of ($1+1$)-dimensional U(1) lattice gauge-Higgs models, which contain a compact U(1) gauge field and a Higgs matter field, by using ultracold bosonic gases on a one-dimensional optical lattice. Starting from the extended Bose-Hubbard model with on-site and nearest-neighbor interactions, we derive the U(1) lattice gauge-Higgs model as a low-energy effective theory. The derived gauge-Higgs model exhibits nontrivial phase transitions between the confinement and Higgs phases, and we discuss the relation with the phase transition in the extended Bose-Hubbard model. Finally, we study the real-time dynamics of an electric flux by the Gross-Pitaevskii equations and the truncated Wigner approximation. The dynamics is governed by a bosonic analog of the Schwinger mechanism---i.e., the shielding of an electric flux by a condensation of Higgs fields, which occurs differently in the Higgs and the confinement phases. These results, together with the obtained phase diagrams, shall guide experimentalists in designing quantum simulations of the gauge-Higgs models by using cold gases.

DOI
10.1103/physrevd.95.094507

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