Professor
Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates
Main Positions:Professor of Physics
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Journal:Science
Abstract:Gauge theories form the foundation of modern physics, with applications ranging from elementary particlephysics and early-universe cosmology to condensed matter systems. We perform quantum simulations of theunitary dynamics of a U(1) symmetric gauge field theory and demonstrate emergent irreversible behavior.The highly constrained gauge theory dynamics are encoded in a one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard simulator, whichcouples fermionic matter fields through dynamical gauge fields. We investigated global quantum quenchesand the equilibration to a steady state well approximated by a thermal ensemble. Our work may enable theinvestigation of elusive phenomena, such as Schwinger pair production and string breaking, and paves the wayfor simulating more complex, higher-dimensional gauge theories on quantum synthetic matter devices.
Co-author:Zhao-Yu Zhou et al.
Indexed by:Journal paper
Discipline:Natural Science
Document Type:J
Volume:377
Issue:6603
Page Number:311–314
Translation or Not:no
Date of Publication:2022-07-14
Included Journals:SCI
Links to published journals:https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl6277
