High-fidelity detection of large-scale atom arrays in an optical lattice

R Tao, M Ammenwerth, F Gyger, I Bloch, J Zeiher - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Recent advances in quantum simulation based on neutral atoms have largely benefited from
high-resolution, single-atom sensitive imaging techniques. A variety of approaches have …

Directly imaging spin polarons in a kinetically frustrated Hubbard system

ML Prichard, BM Spar, I Morera, E Demler, ZZ Yan… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The emergence of quasiparticles in quantum many-body systems underlies the rich
phenomenology in many strongly interacting materials. In the context of doped Mott …

Cold-atom quantum simulators of gauge theories

JC Halimeh, M Aidelsburger, F Grusdt, P Hauke… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Gauge theories represent a fundamental framework underlying modern physics, constituting
the basis of the Standard Model and also providing useful descriptions of various …

Observation of Hilbert space fragmentation and fractonic excitations in 2D

D Adler, D Wei, M Will, K Srakaew, S Agrawal… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The relaxation behaviour of isolated quantum systems taken out of equilibrium is among the
most intriguing questions in many-body physics. Quantum systems out of equilibrium …

Real-space detection and manipulation of topological edge modes with ultracold atoms

C Braun, R Saint-Jalm, A Hesse, J Arceri, I Bloch… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
The bulk–boundary correspondence, a fundamental principle relating the topological
invariants of the bulk to the presence of edge states, is modified in periodically driven …

Deconfined quantum criticality of nodal -wave superconductivity, Néel order, and charge order on the square lattice at half-filling

M Christos, H Shackleton, S Sachdev, ZX Luo - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
We consider a SU (2) lattice gauge theory on the square lattice, with a single fundamental
complex fermion and a single fundamental complex boson on each lattice site. Projective …

A strontium quantum-gas microscope

S Buob, J Höschele, V Makhalov, A Rubio-Abadal… - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
The development of quantum-gas microscopes has brought novel ways of probing quantum
degenerate many-body systems at the single-atom level. Until now, most of these setups …

Detecting quantum anomalies in open systems

Y Zang, Y Gu, S Jiang - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Symmetries and quantum anomalies serve as powerful tools for constraining complicated
quantum many-body systems, offering valuable insights into low-energy characteristics …

Measuring nonlocal brane order with error-corrected quantum gas microscopes

J Hur, W Lee, K Kwon, SJ Huh, GY Cho, J Choi - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
Exotic quantum many-body states, such as Haldane and spin liquid phases, can exhibit
remarkable features like fractional excitations and non-Abelian statistics and offer new …

Distinguishing quantum phases through cusps in full counting statistics

CY Wang, TG Zhou, YN Zhou, P Zhang - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Measuring physical observables requires averaging experimental outcomes over numerous
identical measurements. The complete distribution function of possible outcomes or its …