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Setting Limits on Supersymmetry Using Simplified Models
Published on: November 15, 2013
Kink Dynamics and Quantum Simulation of Supersymmetric Lattice Hamiltonians
Jiří Minář1,2, Bart van Voorden1, Kareljan Schoutens1,2
1Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Abstract:
We propose a quantum simulation of a supersymmetric lattice model using atoms trapped in a 1D configuration and interacting through a Rydberg dressed potential. The elementary excitations in the model are kinks or (in a sector with one extra particle) their superpartners-the skinks. The two are connected by supersymmetry and display identical quantum dynamics. We provide an analytical description of the kink (skink) quench dynamics and propose a protocol to prepare and detect these excitations in the quantum simulator. We make a detailed analysis, based on numerical simulation, of the Rydberg atom simulator and show that it accurately tracks the dynamics of the supersymmetric model.
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