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    Many-Body Dephasing in a Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulator
    (American Physical Society, 2020) Kaplan, Harvey B.; Guo, Lingzhen; Tan, Wen Lin; De, Arinjoy; Marquardt, Florian; Pagano, Guido; Monroe, Christopher
    How a closed interacting quantum many-body system relaxes and dephases as a function of time is a fundamental question in thermodynamic and statistical physics. In this Letter, we analyze and observe the persistent temporal fluctuations after a quantum quench of a tunable long-range interacting transverse-field Ising Hamiltonian realized with a trapped-ion quantum simulator. We measure the temporal fluctuations in the average magnetization of a finite-size system of spin-1/2 particles. We experiment in a regime where the properties of the system are closely related to the integrable Hamiltonian with global spin-spin coupling, which enables analytical predictions for the long-time nonintegrable dynamics. The analytical expression for the temporal fluctuations predicts the exponential suppression of temporal fluctuations with increasing system size. Our measurement data is consistent with our theory predicting the regime of many-body dephasing.
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    Quantum Simulators: Architectures and Opportunities
    (American Physical Society, 2021) Altman, Ehud; Brown, Kenneth R.; Carleo, Giuseppe; Carr, Lincoln D.; Demler, Eugene; Chin, Cheng; DeMarco, Brian; Economou, Sophia E.; Eriksson, Mark A.; Fu, Kai-Mei C.; Greiner, Markus; Hazzard, Kaden R.A.; Hulet, Randall G.; Kollár, Alicia J.; Lev, Benjamin L.; Lukin, Mikhail D.; Ma, Ruichao; Mi, Xiao; Misra, Shashank; Monroe, Christopher; Murch, Kater; Nazario, Zaira; Ni, Kang-Kuen; Potter, Andrew C.; Roushan, Pedram; Saffman, Mark; Schleier-Smith, Monika; Siddiqi, Irfan; Simmonds, Raymond; Singh, Meenakshi; Spielman, I.B.; Temme, Kristan; Weiss, David S.; Vučković, Jelena; Vuletić, Vladan; Ye, Jun; Zwierlein, Martin
    Quantum simulators are a promising technology on the spectrum of quantum devices from specialized quantum experiments to universal quantum computers. These quantum devices utilize entanglement and many-particle behavior to explore and solve hard scientific, engineering, and computational problems. Rapid development over the last two decades has produced more than 300 quantum simulators in operation worldwide using a wide variety of experimental platforms. Recent advances in several physical architectures promise a golden age of quantum simulators ranging from highly optimized special purpose simulators to flexible programmable devices. These developments have enabled a convergence of ideas drawn from fundamental physics, computer science, and device engineering. They have strong potential to address problems of societal importance, ranging from understanding vital chemical processes, to enabling the design of new materials with enhanced performance, to solving complex computational problems. It is the position of the community, as represented by participants of the National Science Foundation workshop on “Programmable Quantum Simulators,” that investment in a national quantum simulator program is a high priority in order to accelerate the progress in this field and to result in the first practical applications of quantum machines. Such a program should address two areas of emphasis: (1) support for creating quantum simulator prototypes usable by the broader scientific community, complementary to the present universal quantum computer effort in industry; and (2) support for fundamental research carried out by a blend of multi-investigator, multidisciplinary collaborations with resources for quantum simulator software, hardware, and education.This document is a summary from a U.S. National Science Foundation supported workshop held on 16–17 September 2019 in Alexandria, VA. Attendees were charged to identify the scientific and community needs, opportunities, and significant challenges for quantum simulators over the next 2–5 years.