13–16 Jul 2026
Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Campus
Europe/London timezone

SU(2) Quantum Link Model on the (2+1)-d Square and Honeycomb Lattices

14 Jul 2026, 18:00
1h 30m
Room MB-B11 (Mathematical Sciences Social Hub)

Room MB-B11

Mathematical Sciences Social Hub

Speaker

Alexander Tomlinson (University of Southampton)

Description

In Wilson's formulation of lattice gauge theories, the gauge fields are represented using link variables which exist in an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space. Quantum link models promote these link variables to operators such that the Hilbert space in finite-dimensional, thus giving a potential avenue to explore quantum simulation. We investigate the SU(2) gauge theory quantum link model in (2+1)-dimensions on both the square and honeycomb lattices.

Authors

Alexander Tomlinson (University of Southampton) Bipasha Chakraborty (University of Southampton) Dr Debasish Banerjee (University of Southampton) Graham Van Goffrier (University College London)

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