Nzongani, U., Eon, N., Marquez-Martin, I., Perez, A., Di Molfetta, G., & Arrighi, P. (2024). Dirac quantum walk on tetrahedra. Phys. Rev. A, 110(4), 042418–15pp.
Abstract: Discrete-time quantum walks (QWs) are transportation models of single quantum particles over a lattice. Their evolution is driven through causal and local unitary operators. QWs are a powerful tool for quantum simulation of fundamental physics, as some of them have a continuum limit converging to well-known physics partial differential equations, such as the Dirac or the Schr & ouml;dinger equation. In this paper, we show how to recover the Dirac equation in (3 + 1) dimensions with a QW evolving in a tetrahedral space. This paves the way to simulate the Dirac equation on a curved space-time. This also suggests an ordered scheme for propagating matter over a spin network, of interest in loop quantum gravity, where matter propagation has remained an open problem.
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