Classically emulated digital quantum simulation for screening and confinement in the Schwinger model with a topological term

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.03276v2
• Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 05:27:41 GMT
• Title: Classically emulated digital quantum simulation for screening and confinement in the Schwinger model with a topological term
• Authors: Masazumi Honda, Etsuko Itou, Yuta Kikuchi, Lento Nagano, Takuya Okuda
• Abstract summary: We study screening and confinement in a gauge theory with a topological term. We compute the ground state energy in the presence of probe charges to estimate the potential between them. In particular our result in the massive case shows a linear behavior for non-integer charges and a non-linear behavior for integer charges.
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• Abstract: We perform digital quantum simulation, using a classical simulator, to study screening and confinement in a gauge theory with a topological term, focusing on ($1+1$)-dimensional quantum electrodynamics (Schwinger model) with a theta term. We compute the ground state energy in the presence of probe charges to estimate the potential between them, via adiabatic state preparation. We compare our simulation results and analytical predictions for a finite volume, finding good agreements. In particular our result in the massive case shows a linear behavior for non-integer charges and a non-linear behavior for integer charges, consistently with the expected confinement (screening) behavior for non-integer (integer) charges.

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