Quantum simulation of the Heisenberg XXZ model on a Rydberg atom array

@misc{werner2026quantum,
  title = {{Quantum simulation of the Heisenberg XXZ model on a Rydberg atom array}},
  author = {Matthias Werner and Artur García-Sáez},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.10357},
  eprint = {2610.10357},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.10357},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - Quantum simulation of the Heisenberg XXZ model on a Rydberg atom array
AU  - Matthias Werner
AU  - Artur García-Sáez
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/07
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.10357
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.10357
AB  - A major application of analog quantum hardware is quantum simulation, where a system evolves over time according to a given Hamiltonian. One challenge when implementing the Hamiltonian on a programmable quantum simulator is the availability of distinct coupling types, many of which go beyond the conventional ZZ-couplings found in Ising Hamiltonians that are naturally implemented by various platforms. In prior work, we have developed a method based on domain wall encoding to simulate one-dimensional spin chains using only Ising Hamiltonians, which would otherwise require XX+YY-couplings as well. Here, we implement the method on a commercially accessible Rydberg atom quantum device, and simulate the time evolution of the Heisenberg XXZ model with various anisotropies. We successfully probe the XY and Ising phases of the model and reproduce the qualitative behavior of several one- and two-body observables in both phases, as well as at the critical point. Our work augments the toolbox to simulate canonical quantum many-body systems on analog quantum simulators.
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