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ArticleNature2026

Observation of conformal field theory spectra in a quantum simulator.

Xiangkai Sun, Yuan Le, Stephen Naus, Richard Bing-Shiun Tsai, Lewis R B Picard, Sara Murciano, Michael Knap, Jason Alicea, Manuel Endres

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Xiangkai Sun *California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Yuan Le *California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0261-5135
Stephen Naus *California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Richard Bing-Shiun Tsai *California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8675-8677
Lewis R B PicardCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Sara MurcianoUniversité Paris-Saclay, CNRS, LPTMS, Orsay, France.
Michael KnapTechnical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Physics Department, Garching, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7093-9502
Jason AliceaCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Manuel EndresCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. mendres@caltech.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4461-224X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conformal field theories (CFTs) feature prominently in high-energy physics

Identifiers

PMID42618796
PMCPMC13538145

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