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ULTRACOLD ATOMS

A cool quantum simulator

Experiments with ultracold atoms can be used to create nearly ideal quantum simulations of theoretical models. A realization of a model of exotic magnetism has tested the limits of what can be studied numerically on a classical computer.

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Fig. 1: Experimental realization of the SU(6) fermionic Hubbard model.

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Kozik, E. A cool quantum simulator. Nat. Phys. 18, 1276–1277 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01733-6

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