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Title: Loop, string, and hadron dynamics in SU(2) Hamiltonian lattice gauge theories

Abstract

The question of how to efficiently formulate Hamiltonian gauge theories is experiencing renewed interest due to advances in building quantum simulation platforms. We introduce a reformulation of an SU(2) Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory—a loop-string-hadron (LSH) formulation—that describes dynamics directly in terms of its loop, string, and hadron degrees of freedom, while alleviating several disadvantages of quantum simulating the Kogut-Susskind formulation. This LSH formulation transcends the local loop formulation of $$\textit{d}$$ + 1-dimensional lattice gauge theories by incorporating staggered quarks, furnishing the algebra of gauge-singlet operators, and being used to reconstruct dynamics between states that have Gauss’s law built in to them. LSH operators are then factored into products of “normalized” ladder operators and diagonal matrices, priming them for classical or quantum information processing. Self-contained expressions of the Hamiltonian are given up to $$\textit{d}$$ = 3. The LSH formalism makes little use of structures specific to SU(2), and its conceptual clarity makes it an attractive approach to apply to other non-Abelian groups like SU(3).

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Research Org.:
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1632733
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1799986
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-00ER41132; 1256082
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review D
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 101 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics

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Raychowdhury, Indrakshi, and Stryker, Jesse R. Loop, string, and hadron dynamics in SU(2) Hamiltonian lattice gauge theories. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.114502.
Raychowdhury, Indrakshi, & Stryker, Jesse R. Loop, string, and hadron dynamics in SU(2) Hamiltonian lattice gauge theories. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.114502
Raychowdhury, Indrakshi, and Stryker, Jesse R. Mon . "Loop, string, and hadron dynamics in SU(2) Hamiltonian lattice gauge theories". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.114502.
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author = {Raychowdhury, Indrakshi and Stryker, Jesse R.},
abstractNote = {The question of how to efficiently formulate Hamiltonian gauge theories is experiencing renewed interest due to advances in building quantum simulation platforms. We introduce a reformulation of an SU(2) Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory—a loop-string-hadron (LSH) formulation—that describes dynamics directly in terms of its loop, string, and hadron degrees of freedom, while alleviating several disadvantages of quantum simulating the Kogut-Susskind formulation. This LSH formulation transcends the local loop formulation of $\textit{d}$ + 1-dimensional lattice gauge theories by incorporating staggered quarks, furnishing the algebra of gauge-singlet operators, and being used to reconstruct dynamics between states that have Gauss’s law built in to them. LSH operators are then factored into products of “normalized” ladder operators and diagonal matrices, priming them for classical or quantum information processing. Self-contained expressions of the Hamiltonian are given up to $\textit{d}$ = 3. The LSH formalism makes little use of structures specific to SU(2), and its conceptual clarity makes it an attractive approach to apply to other non-Abelian groups like SU(3).},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.101.114502},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 11,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
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