Stabilizing lattice gauge theories through simplified local pseudogenerators by Jad C. Halimeh, Lukas Homeier, Christian Schweizer, Monika Aidelsburger, Philipp Hauke, Fabian Grusdt

“…The postulate of gauge invariance in nature does not lend itself directly to implementations of lattice gauge theories in modern setups of quantum synthetic matter. …”
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Robust quantum many-body scars in lattice gauge theories by Jad C. Halimeh, Luca Barbiero, Philipp Hauke, Fabian Grusdt, Annabelle Bohrdt

“…Though scars have been shown to be intimately connected to gauge theories, their stability in such experimentally relevant models is still an open question, and it is generally considered that they exist only under fine-tuned conditions. …”
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Tuning the Topological θ-Angle in Cold-Atom Quantum Simulators of Gauge Theories by Jad C. Halimeh, Ian P. McCulloch, Bing Yang, Philipp Hauke

“…The topological θ-angle in gauge theories engenders a series of fundamental phenomena, including violations of charge-parity (CP) symmetry, dynamical topological transitions, and confinement-deconfinement transitions. …”
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Robustness of gauge-invariant dynamics against defects in ultracold-atom gauge theories by Jad C. Halimeh, Robert Ott, Ian P. McCulloch, Bing Yang, Philipp Hauke

“…Recent years have seen strong progress in quantum simulation of gauge-theory dynamics using ultracold-atom experiments. …”
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Realistic scheme for quantum simulation of $${{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}$$ Z 2 lattice gauge theories with dynamical matter in (2 + 1)D by Lukas Homeier, Annabelle Bohrdt, Simon Linsel, Eugene Demler, Jad C. Halimeh, Fabian Grusdt

“…We discuss ground-state phase diagrams of the experimentally most relevant effective $${{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}$$ Z 2 lattice gauge theories with dynamical matter featuring various confined and deconfined, quantum spin liquid phases. …”
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Achieving the quantum field theory limit in far-from-equilibrium quantum link models by Jad C. Halimeh, Maarten Van Damme, Torsten V. Zache, Debasish Banerjee, Philipp Hauke

“…In light of the impressive ongoing efforts to achieve such realizations, a fundamental question regarding quantum link model regularizations of lattice gauge theories is how faithfully they capture the quantum field theory limit of gauge theories. …”
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Enhancing Disorder-Free Localization through Dynamically Emergent Local Symmetries by Jad C. Halimeh, Lukas Homeier, Hongzheng Zhao, Annabelle Bohrdt, Fabian Grusdt, Philipp Hauke, Johannes Knolle

“…The resulting proliferation of superselection sectors due to this dynamically emergent gauge theory creates an effective disorder greater than that in the original model, thereby enhancing disorder-free localization. …”
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Observation of many-body scarring in a Bose-Hubbard quantum simulator by Guo-Xian Su, Hui Sun, Ana Hudomal, Jean-Yves Desaules, Zhao-Yu Zhou, Bing Yang, Jad C. Halimeh, Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Zlatko Papić, Jian-Wei Pan

“…Our work makes the resource of scarring accessible to a broad class of ultracold-atom experiments, and it allows one to explore the relation of scarring to constrained dynamics in lattice gauge theories, Hilbert space fragmentation, and disorder-free localization.…”
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Ergodicity Breaking Under Confinement in Cold-Atom Quantum Simulators by Jean-Yves Desaules, Guo-Xian Su, Ian P. McCulloch, Bing Yang, Zlatko Papić, Jad C. Halimeh

“…The quantum simulation of gauge theories on synthetic quantum matter devices has gained a lot of traction in the last decade, making possible the observation of a range of exotic quantum many-body phenomena. …”
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