{ "id": "2307.00045", "version": "v1", "published": "2023-06-30T18:00:00.000Z", "updated": "2023-06-30T18:00:00.000Z", "title": "Simple Hamiltonian for Quantum Simulation of Strongly Coupled 2+1D SU(2) Lattice Gauge Theory on a Honeycomb Lattice", "authors": [ "Berndt Müller", "Xiaojun Yao" ], "comment": "16 pages, 3 figures", "categories": [ "quant-ph", "hep-lat", "hep-ph", "nucl-th" ], "abstract": "We find a simple spin Hamiltonian to describe physical states of $2+1$ dimensional SU(2) lattice gauge theory on a honeycomb lattice with a truncation of the electric field representation at $j_{\\rm max}=\\frac{1}{2}$. The simple spin Hamiltonian only contains local products of Pauli matrices, even though Gauss's law has been completely integrated out.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2023-06-30T18:00:00.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "lattice gauge theory", "honeycomb lattice", "simple hamiltonian", "quantum simulation", "simple spin hamiltonian" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 16, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }