A relativistic discrete spacetime formulation of 3+1 QED

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2205.03148v4
• Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:17:38 GMT
• Title: A relativistic discrete spacetime formulation of 3+1 QED
• Authors: Nathanaël Eon, Giuseppe Di Molfetta, Giuseppe Magnifico, Pablo Arrighi,
• Abstract summary: This work provides a relativistic, digital quantum simulation scheme for both $2+1$ and $3+1$ dimensional quantum electrodynamics (QED) It takes the form of a quantum circuit, infinitely repeating across space and time, parametrised by the discretization step $Delta_t=Delta_x$.
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• Abstract: This work provides a relativistic, digital quantum simulation scheme for both $2+1$ and $3+1$ dimensional quantum electrodynamics (QED), based on a discrete spacetime formulation of theory. It takes the form of a quantum circuit, infinitely repeating across space and time, parametrised by the discretization step $\Delta_t=\Delta_x$. Strict causality at each step is ensured as circuit wires coincide with the lightlike worldlines of QED; simulation time under decoherence is optimized. The construction replays the logic that leads to the QED Lagrangian. Namely, it starts from the Dirac quantum walk, well-known to converge towards free relativistic fermions. It then extends the quantum walk into a multi-particle sector quantum cellular automata in a way which respects the fermionic anti-commutation relations and the discrete gauge invariance symmetry. Both requirements can only be achieved at cost of introducing the gauge field. Lastly the gauge field is given its own electromagnetic dynamics, which can be formulated as a quantum walk at each plaquette.

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