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| author | Budde, Thea Marinković, Marina Kristć Barros, Joao C. Pinto |
| author_facet | Budde, Thea Marinković, Marina Kristć Barros, Joao C. Pinto |
| contents | The Hamiltonian formulation of lattice gauge theories plays a central role in quantum simulations of gauge theories, and understanding their spectrum and other properties is expected to become crucial in the upcoming years. The relevant Hamiltonians in this framework possess local symmetry at each lattice site and may exhibit higher-form symmetries. There are then an exponentially large number of dynamically disconnected symmetry sectors, most of which are not translation-invariant. An exponential number of dynamically disconnected sectors, i.e., Hilbert space fragmentation, can also occur in systems in which no such symmetries have been identified. In this contribution, we describe an emergent gauge symmetry that is valid only in a subset of sectors of the fragmented $S=1$ dipole-conserving spin chain. These non-invertible symmetries can label exponentially many of the model's sectors. Simulating this Hamiltonian, which is not gauge-invariant, yields an exact quantum simulation of a gauge theory. |
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| spellingShingle | Hilbert Space Fragmentation and Gauge Symmetry Budde, Thea Marinković, Marina Kristć Barros, Joao C. Pinto High Energy Physics - Lattice Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics The Hamiltonian formulation of lattice gauge theories plays a central role in quantum simulations of gauge theories, and understanding their spectrum and other properties is expected to become crucial in the upcoming years. The relevant Hamiltonians in this framework possess local symmetry at each lattice site and may exhibit higher-form symmetries. There are then an exponentially large number of dynamically disconnected symmetry sectors, most of which are not translation-invariant. An exponential number of dynamically disconnected sectors, i.e., Hilbert space fragmentation, can also occur in systems in which no such symmetries have been identified. In this contribution, we describe an emergent gauge symmetry that is valid only in a subset of sectors of the fragmented $S=1$ dipole-conserving spin chain. These non-invertible symmetries can label exponentially many of the model's sectors. Simulating this Hamiltonian, which is not gauge-invariant, yields an exact quantum simulation of a gauge theory. |
| title | Hilbert Space Fragmentation and Gauge Symmetry |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Lattice Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15820 |