Experimental realization of classical spin liquids in a programmable quantum device

S Zhou, D Green, ED Dahl, C Chamon - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We build and probe a Z 2 spin liquid in a programmable quantum device, the D-Wave DW-
2000Q. Specifically, we observe the classical eight-vertex and six-vertex (spin ice) states …

Topologically stable ergodicity breaking from emergent higher-form symmetries in generalized quantum loop models

C Stahl, R Nandkishore, O Hart - SciPost Physics, 2024 - scipost.org
We present a set of generalized quantum loop models that provably exhibit topologically
stable ergodicity breaking. These results hold for both periodic and open boundary …

Finite-temperature dynamics in 0-flux and -flux quantum spin ice: Self-consistent exclusive boson approach

F Desrochers, YB Kim - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Quantum spin ice (QSI) is an emblematic three-dimensional U (1) quantum spin liquid (QSL)
on the pyrochlore lattice that hosts gapless photon-like modes and spinon excitations …

Dynamical formation of a magnetic polaron in a two-dimensional quantum antiferromagnet

A Bohrdt, F Grusdt, M Knap - New Journal of Physics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Tremendous recent progress in the quantum simulation of the Hubbard model paves the
way to controllably study doped antiferromagnetic Mott insulators. Motivated by these …

From compact localized states to many-body scars in the random quantum comb

O Hart, G De Tomasi, C Castelnovo - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
In this work we investigate the effects of configurational disorder on the eigenstates and
dynamical properties of a tight-binding model on a quasi-one-dimensional comb lattice …

Subdiffusive dynamics and critical quantum correlations in a disorder-free localized Kitaev honeycomb model out of equilibrium

GY Zhu, M Heyl - Physical Review Research, 2021 - APS
Disorder-free localization has recently emerged as a mechanism for ergodicity breaking in
homogeneous lattice gauge theories. In this work we show that this mechanism can lead to …

Exact Mazur bounds in the pair-flip model and beyond

O Hart - arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.00738, 2023 - arxiv.org
By mapping the calculation of Mazur bounds to the enumeration of walks on fractal
structures, we present exact bounds on the late-time behavior of spin autocorrelation …

Probing fractional statistics in quantum simulators of spin liquid Hamiltonians

S Zhou, M Zelenayova, O Hart, C Chamon… - SciPost Physics, 2023 - scipost.org
Recent advances in programmable quantum devices brought to the fore the intriguing
possibility of using them to realise and investigate topological quantum spin liquid phases …

Anderson localization of emergent quasiparticles: Spinon and vison interplay at finite temperature in a gauge theory in three dimensions

M Kim, G De Tomasi, C Castelnovo - Physical Review Research, 2022 - APS
Fractional statistics of quasiparticle excitations often plays an important role in the detection
and characterization of topological systems. In this paper, we investigate the case of a three …

Exact Mazur bounds in the pair-flip model and beyond

O Hart - SciPost Physics Core, 2024 - scipost.org
By mapping the calculation of Mazur bounds to the enumeration of walks on fractal
structures, we present exact bounds on the late-time behavior of spin autocorrelation …