Non-Abelian string breaking phenomena with matrix product states

Stefan Kühn*, Erez Zohar, J. Ignacio Cirac, Mari Carmen Bañuls

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Abstract

Abstract: Using matrix product states, we explore numerically the phenomenology of string breaking in a non-Abelian lattice gauge theory, namely 1+1 dimensional SU(2). The technique allows us to study the static potential between external heavy charges, as traditionally explored by Monte Carlo simulations, but also to simulate the real-time dynamics of both static and dynamical fermions, as the latter are fully included in the formalism. We propose a number of observables that are sensitive to the presence or breaking of the flux string, and use them to detect and characterize the phenomenon in each of these setups.

Original languageEnglish
Article number130
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2015
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Field Theories in Lower Dimensions
  • Lattice Gauge Field Theories

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