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<p>Low-dimensional lattice gauge theories based on simplified gauge groups have emerged as relevant models of charge-confinement that can potentially be realized with quantum simulators. The intertwined dynamics of matter and gauge fields can result in quantum phases of the confined matter that have not yet been fully explored, especially in connection to the underlying mechanisms behind confinement. Here we study the finite-density phases of a <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="42005_2025_2284_Article_IEq1.gif" Format="GIF" Height="16" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="18" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <msub> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> lattice gauge theory of interconnected loops and dynamical <InlineEquation ID="IEq3"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="42005_2025_2284_Article_IEq1.gif" Format="GIF" Height="16" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="18" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <msub> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> charges. We show that the gauge-magnetic flux threading each loop is responsible for a phenomenon of dynamical Aharonov-Bohm caging, determining the confinement of particles into tightly-bound charge-neutral pairs, the <InlineEquation ID="IEq4"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="42005_2025_2284_Article_IEq1.gif" Format="GIF" Height="16" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="18" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <msub> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> analogue of mesons. The latter are trapped inside the cages, which become mobile by adding quantum fluctuations through an external electric field. These tightly-bound mesons can either propagate, manifesting a Luttinger liquid behaviour, or form an incompressible Mott insulator. In light of recent trapped-ion experiments for a single <InlineEquation ID="IEq5"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="42005_2025_2284_Article_IEq1.gif" Format="GIF" Height="16" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="18" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <msub> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> loop, these phases could be explored in future experiments.</p>

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Dynamical Aharonov-Bohm cages and tight meson confinement in a \({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\)-loop gauge theory

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    2025年8月28日

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  • Enrico C. Domanti,
  • Alejandro Bermudez,
  • Luigi Amico

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Low-dimensional lattice gauge theories based on simplified gauge groups have emerged as relevant models of charge-confinement that can potentially be realized with quantum simulators. The intertwined dynamics of matter and gauge fields can result in quantum phases of the confined matter that have not yet been fully explored, especially in connection to the underlying mechanisms behind confinement. Here we study the finite-density phases of a \({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\) Z 2 lattice gauge theory of interconnected loops and dynamical \({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\) Z 2 charges. We show that the gauge-magnetic flux threading each loop is responsible for a phenomenon of dynamical Aharonov-Bohm caging, determining the confinement of particles into tightly-bound charge-neutral pairs, the \({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\) Z 2 analogue of mesons. The latter are trapped inside the cages, which become mobile by adding quantum fluctuations through an external electric field. These tightly-bound mesons can either propagate, manifesting a Luttinger liquid behaviour, or form an incompressible Mott insulator. In light of recent trapped-ion experiments for a single \({{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}\) Z 2 loop, these phases could be explored in future experiments.