Quantum Simulation of High-energy and Gauge Theory Models

Presentations

• Experimental study of many-body localization stability in two-dimensional optical lattices

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: arXiv:2508.20699 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Jae-yoon Choi

    • KAIST

  Authors

  • Jae-yoon Choi

    • KAIST

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• Hybrid Analog–Digital Approach to Simulating the Abelian Higgs Model: (i) Theoretical Framework

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Muhammad Asaduzzaman

    • North Carolina State University

  Authors

  • Muhammad Asaduzzaman

    • North Carolina State University

  • Rayleigh Parker

    • University of Rochester

  • Noah Goss

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Ahmed Mohamed

    • U. Rochester

  • Max Neiderbach

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Zane Ozzello

    • University of Iowa

  • Alexander Kemper

    • North Carolina State University

  • Yannick Meurice

    • University of Iowa

  • Machiel Blok

    • University of Rochester

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• Hybrid Analog–Digital Approach to Simulating the Abelian Higgs Model: (ii) Experiment

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Rayleigh Parker

    • University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Muhammad Asaduzzaman

    • NCSU

  • Rayleigh Parker

    • University of Rochester

  • Noah Goss

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Ahmed Mohamed

    • U. Rochester

  • Max Neiderbach

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Zane Ozzello

    • University of Iowa

  • Alexander Kemper

    • North Carolina State University

  • Yannick Meurice

    • University of Iowa

  • Machiel Blok

    • U. Rochester

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• Analyzing Probability Distributions and Entanglement in Quantum Many-Body Systems.

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Publication: - "Lower bounds on entanglement entropy without twin copy", https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.L022023
  - "Improved entanglement entropy estimates from filtered bitstring probabilities", https://doi.org/10.1103/lbv3-2z7r
  - "Exploring near critical lattice gauge simulators with Rydberg atoms facilities", https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.14128

  Presenters

  • Avi Kaufman

    • University of Iowa

  Authors

  • Avi Kaufman

    • University of Iowa

  • Yannick Meurice

    • University of Iowa

  • Muhammad Asaduzzaman

    • North Carolina State University

  • Zane Ozzello

    • University of Iowa

  • Blake Senseman

    • University of Iowa

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• Floquet-induced matrix models for quantum simulations of gauge theories on dynamical spacetimes

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Publication: "Floquet-induced matrix models for quantum simulations of gauge theories on dynamical spacetimes," to be submitted to Nature Physics in 2026.

  Presenters

  • Samuel Buckley-Bonanno

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Samuel Buckley-Bonanno

    • Harvard University

  • Susanne Yelin

    • Harvard University

  • Noah Eckstein

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• Cavity QED models of non-Abelian gauge theories

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Publication: Lucia Valor, Jacquelin Luneau, Klaus Liegener, Stefan Filipp, and Peter Rabl. "Cavity QED models of non-Abelian gauge theories (working title)" In preparation

  Presenters

  • Lucia Valor Menéndez

    • Walther-Meißner-Institut

  Authors

  • Lucia Valor Menéndez

    • Walther-Meißner-Institut

  • Jacquelin Luneau

  • Klaus Liegener

    • Walther Meissner Inst

  • Stefan Filipp

    • TU Munich

  • Peter Rabl

    • Walther-Meissner-Institute

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• Analog quantum simulation of the Schwinger model with Josephson junction arrays

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Zoe Zager

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Zoe Zager

    • Princeton University

  • Wentao Fan

  • Dung Pham

    • Princeton University

  • Hakan Tureci

    • Princeton University

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• Analog Quantum Simulation of Dirac Hamiltonians in Circuit QED Using Rabi Driven Qubits : Experiments

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Publication: Analog Quantum Simulation of Dirac Hamiltonians in Circuit QED Using Rabi Driven Qubits, Phys. Rev. A 112, 012623 – Published 28 July, 2025

  Presenters

  • Jiwon Kang

    • KAIST

  Authors

  • Jiwon Kang

    • KAIST

  • Shay Hacohen-Gourgy

    • Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

  • Eunseong Kim

    • Korea Adv Inst of Sci & Tech

  • Jiuk Lee

    • KAIST

  • Eliya Blumenthal

    • Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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• A scalable superconducting circuit framework for emulating physics in hyperbolic space

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Xicheng Xu

    • University of Waterloo

  Authors

  • Xicheng Xu

    • University of Waterloo

  • Ahmed Adel Mahmoud

  • Noah Gorgichuk

    • University of Waterloo

  • Ronny Thomale

    • Julius-Maximilians University of Wuerzburg

  • Steven Rayan

  • Matteo Mariantoni

    • University of Waterloo

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• Simulating sine-Gordon model with time dependent parameters using Josephson junction arrays.

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Publication: Integrability of the sine-Gordon model with time dependent coupling strengths, P. R. Pasnoori and P. Azaria.

  Presenters

  • Parameshwar Pasnoori

    • University of Maryland College Park

  Authors

  • Parameshwar Pasnoori

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Patrick Azaria

  • Kasra Sardashti

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• Analog quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories in a photonic cavity QED platform

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Nathan Gonzalez

    • UC Davis

  Authors

  • Nathan Gonzalez

    • UC Davis

  • Thea Budde

    • ETH Zürich

  • Zia Steele

  • Alex Rubin

    • University of California, Davis

  • Klemen Kersic

  • Joao Pinto Barros

    • ETH Zurich

  • Marina Radulaski

    • University of California, Davis

  • Marina Krstic Marinkovic

    • ETH Zurich

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• Black-Hole Analogs in Quantum-Hall–Superconductor Hybrids

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Alok Nath Singh

    • University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Alok Nath Singh

    • University of Rochester

  • Sreenath Manikandan

  • Smitha Vishveshwara

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Andrew Jordan

    • Chapman University

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• Fermionic Hamiltonian engineering via local operations

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 6:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:30 PM

  Publication: A manuscript based on this work is in preparation, and will be submitted to arXiv soon.

  Presenters

  • Özgün Kum

    • TU Hamburg-Harburg

  Authors

  • Özgün Kum

    • TU Hamburg-Harburg

  • Matthias Zipper

  • Ludwig Mathey

  • Martin Kliesch

    • Hamburg University of Technology

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