Optical lattice quantum simulator of dynamics beyond Born-Oppenheimer

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23464v1
• Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:46:26 GMT
• Title: Optical lattice quantum simulator of dynamics beyond Born-Oppenheimer
• Authors: Javier Argüello-Luengo, Alejandro González-Tudela, J. Ignacio Cirac,
• Abstract summary: We propose a platform based on ultra-cold fermionic molecules trapped in optical lattices to simulate nonadiabatic effects.<n>We benchmark our proposal by studying the scattering of an electron or a proton against a hydrogen atom.
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• Abstract: Here, we propose a platform based on ultra-cold fermionic molecules trapped in optical lattices to simulate nonadiabatic effects as they appear in certain molecular dynamical problems. The idea consists in a judicious choice of two rotational states as the simulated electronic or nuclear degrees of freedom, in which their dipolar interactions induce the required attractive or repulsive interactions between them. We benchmark our proposal by studying the scattering of an electron or a proton against a hydrogen atom, showing the effect of electronic exchange and inelastic ionization as the mass ratio between the simulated nuclei and electrons (a tunable experimental parameter in our simulator) becomes comparable. These benchmarks illustrate how the simulator can qualitatively emulate phenomena like those appearing in molecular dynamical problems even if the simulated interaction occurs in two-dimensions with a dipolar scaling. Beyond the molecular implementation proposed here, our proposal can be readily extrapolated to other atomic platforms, e.g., based on fermionic Rydberg atoms.

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