Experimental quantum simulation of fermion-antifermion scattering via boson exchange in a trapped ion

Simulation of quantum field theory using quantum systems would in principle allow avoidance of the exponential overhead required for classical simulations. Here, the authors use a multilevel trapped ion to simulate the processes of self-interaction and particle-antiparticle creation/annihilation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiang Zhang, Kuan Zhang, Yangchao Shen, Shuaining Zhang, Jing-Ning Zhang, Man-Hong Yung, Jorge Casanova, Julen S. Pedernales, Lucas Lamata, Enrique Solano, Kihwan Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02507-y