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HK: Fachverband Physik der Hadronen und Kerne

HK 48: Invited Talks

HK 48.1: Invited Talk

Friday, March 20, 2026, 11:00–11:30, MED 00.915

Probing confinement and string-breaking with quantum simulations — •Torsten Zache — Universität Innsbruck, Institut für Theoretische Physik — Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation (IQOQI Innsbruck) der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

The simulation of QCD at finite baryon density or in non-equilibrium scenarios remains an outstanding challenge for traditional computing methods. Quantum simulation offers a promising alternative. In this talk, I briefly review the current status of quantum simulations of lattice gauge theories and present recent progress toward simulating QCD-like physics, including the observation of confinement and string-breaking in lower dimensional gauge theories on existing quantum devices.