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ArticleNature communications2018

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

Xiang Zhang, Kuan Zhang, Yangchao Shen, Shuaining Zhang, Jing-Ning Zhang, Man-Hong Yung, Jorge Casanova, Julen S Pedernales, Lucas Lamata, Enrique Solano and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Xiang ZhangCenter for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Kuan ZhangCenter for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Yangchao ShenCenter for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Shuaining ZhangCenter for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Jing-Ning ZhangCenter for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China. jnzhang13@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
Man-Hong YungCenter for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Jorge CasanovaInstitut für Theoretische Physik and IQST, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89069, Ulm, Germany.
Julen S PedernalesDepartment of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4094-6266
Lucas LamataDepartment of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9504-8685
Enrique SolanoDepartment of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain.
Kihwan KimCenter for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China. kimkihwan@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0257-1707

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Abstract

Quantum field theories describe a variety of fundamental phenomena in physics. However, their study often involves cumbersome numerical simulations. Quantum simulators, on the other hand, may outperform classical computational capacities due to their potential scalability. Here we report an experimental realization of a quantum simulation of fermion-antifermion scattering mediated by bosonic modes, using a multilevel trapped ion, which is a simplified model of fermion scattering in both perturbative and non-perturbative quantum electrodynamics. The simulated model exhibits prototypical features in quantum field theory including particle pair creation and annihilation, as well as self-energy interactions. These are experimentally observed by manipulating four internal levels of a

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