Confinement and entanglement dynamics on a digital quantum computer
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Author(s)
Vovrosh, Joseph
Knolle, Johannes
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Confinement describes the phenomenon when the attraction between two particles grows with their distance, most prominently found in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) between quarks. In condensed matter physics, confinement can appear in quantum spin chains, for example, in the one dimensional transverse field Ising model (TFIM) with an additional longitudinal field, famously observed in the quantum material cobalt niobate or in optical lattices. Here, we establish that state-of-the-art quantum computers have reached capabilities to simulate confinement physics in spin chains. We report quantitative confinement signatures of the TFIM on an IBM quantum computer observed via two distinct velocities for information propagation from domain walls and their mesonic bound states. We also find the confinement induced slow down of entanglement spreading by implementing randomized measurement protocols for the second order Rényi entanglement entropy. Our results are a crucial step for probing non-perturbative interacting quantum phenomena on digital quantum computers beyond the capabilities of classical hardware.
Date Issued
2021-06-02
Date Acceptance
2021-05-07
Citation
Scientific Reports, 2021, 11 (1), pp.1-8
ISSN
2045-2322
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Start Page
1
End Page
8
Journal / Book Title
Scientific Reports
Volume
11
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
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Nano Electronics Lab
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
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Grant Number
n/a
EP/T001062/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
ISING FIELD-THEORY
MAGNETIC-FIELD
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 11577
Date Publish Online
2021-06-02