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Physics

A Synthetic Lattice in a Cold Atomic Cloud

Martin Rodriguez-Vega

Published Jun 15, 2022• 0 citations
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Abstract

Defining a fermionic lattice using spin and momentum instead of spatial coordinates opens the door for interacting-fermion simulations with more complex lattice geometries.
DOI
10.1103/physics.15.s81

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