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  "abstract": "While real-time simulation of Quantum Chromodynamics remains technologically out of reach, many simplified models for studying elements of QCD phenomenology are being investigated. In this work, we present a simple model, a spin-1 truncation of the Compact Abelian Higgs Model simulated on qutrit sites, in which confinement and string breaking are accessible to current simulation methods. In the low-energy regime of 1+1 dimensional scalar electrodynamics, the heavy modes are integrated out, producing a spin chain effective Hamiltonian in which Gauss' law is automatically satisfied. We study the spectrum of string-like excitations using DMRG methods on the order of 100 sites. We demonstrate that an added, local chemical potential, playing a role analogous to external charges, permits parameter-dependent measurements of physical features of interest like the string tension and effective meson mass. Varying the chemical potential also permits a characterization of string stability not assessed in prior studies of confining lattice models.",
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      "name": "Blake Senseman"
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    {
      "name": "Zane Ozzello"
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    {
      "name": "Yannick Meurice"
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    {
      "name": "Stephen Mrenna"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/5tvw02dvv3t8v.bib",
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2607.27550",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.27550",
  "pmcid": null,
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  "published": "2026-09-25",
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  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/5tvw02dvv3t8v.ris",
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  "title": "Confinement, String Breaking, and Hadronization in the Compact Abelian Higgs Model",
  "title_text": "Confinement, String Breaking, and Hadronization in the Compact Abelian Higgs Model",
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  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/5tvw02dvv3t8v",
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