Quantum simulation with trapped ions and Rydberg atoms - with applications to exotic matter

Project funded by Swedish Research Council (Grant for positions or stipends), grant 2018-00833_VR. Participating organisations named by the source: Lund University. Funded amount: SEK 2,100,000, as stated by the source. Runs 2018-07-01 to 2020-06-30. Keywords: Naturvetenskap, Natural Sciences, Fysik, Physical Sciences, Den kondenserade materiens fysik, Condensed Matter Physics. Source: OpenAIRE Graph, from the funder's project data (collected by OpenAIRE on 2025-12-06); national funding data, not CORDIS. Abstract given by the source: We aim to expand the capabilities of the worlds most advanced quantum simulators towards more complex models than previously considered, thereby advancing the prospect for quantum simulation (QS) of exotic matter. Motivated by the recent advances in QS´s, manifested by a study of a 52-site spin-chain by the group of Professor Mikhail Lukin at Harvard, we aim to expand these capabilities into new directions.Over a period of two years, we will develop new approaches as to realize a trapped-ion QS-device that can study the dynamical properties of spin-liquids and frustrated magnets.The main part of the work will be conducted at the Niels Bohr institute in Copenhagen, in the theoretical quantum optics group led by Professor Anders Sørensen. There, a new design of a QS-device will be developed by theoretical studies of trapped ions or Rydberg atoms subject to laser fields. Also, four months of work will be spent at the University of Southern California (USC) in the theoretical condensed matter physics group of Professor Stephan Haas, developing new methods for benchmarking the QS against state-of-the-art simulations on conventional supercomputers at USC.The project will significantly advance the prospect of QS´s as tools for exploring the dynamical properties of the complex many-body phases in frustrated magnets. This collaboration with two international experts in their respective fields offers a unique opportunity to advance the fields of QS and many-body theory.

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AI-assisted summary: The project, funded by the Swedish Research Council with SEK 2,100,000, runs from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2020, at Lund University. It aims to enhance quantum simulators for studying exotic matter, focusing on spin-liquids and frustrated magnets. Suggested technology pillar: simulation. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.